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Friday, August 13, 1954
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT PRODS FARM CONFEREES; Asks Rejection of Dairy Prop Rise, 2-Price Wheat Plan and Wool Program Curb PRESIDENT PRODS FARM CONFEREES
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Magnificent Obsession
The must-have
Play-Doh
On This Day
Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Fidel Castro (1926)
- Alfred Hitchcock (1899)
- Frederick Sanger (1918)
- Karl Liebknecht (1871)
- John Logie Baird (1888)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Transistor Radio, Solar Cell & Non-Stick Pan (Teflon).
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
26,229 days ago
(71 years, 314 days)