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Monday, August 16, 1954
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The Headlines
M'CARTHY INSIST FLANDERS RETURN; Wants Him Back From Europe to Testify -- Watkins Says Trip Was Discussed M'CARTHY INSISTS FLANDERS RETURN
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Magnificent Obsession
The must-have
Play-Doh
On This Day
The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Zachary Taylor (1816)
- James Cameron (1954)
- Charles Bukowski (1920)
- Menachem Begin (1913)
- Gabriel Lippmann (1845)
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
26,226 days ago
(71 years, 311 days)