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On the date
Wednesday, September 22, 1954
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The Headlines
HARRIMAN NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR ON FIRST BALLOT BY DEMOCRATS HERE; ROOSEVELT PLEDGES CAMPAIGN UNITY; BITTER FIGHT ENDS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Egyptian
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Michael Faraday (1791)
- Ségolène Royal (1953)
- Wilhelm Keitel (1882)
- Peter Simon Pallas (1741)
- Anne of Cleves (1515)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Greaser
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Beatnik
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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
26,190 days ago
(71 years, 275 days)