From the day
On the date
Sunday, September 5, 1954
Memories from that day
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The Headlines
'CRETAN WOMAN'; Robinson Jeffers' Drama At the Provincetown
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Dragnet
The must-have
Play-Doh
On This Day
KLM Flight 633 crashes into the River Shannon in Shannon, County Clare, Ireland, killing 28.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis XIV (1638)
- Freddie Mercury (1946)
- Caspar David Friedrich (1774)
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888)
- Michael Keaton (1951)
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
26,207 days ago
(71 years, 292 days)