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Friday, September 24, 1954
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The Headlines
Russia Re-Viewed; Life of Soviet Common Man Is a Constant Struggle
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Sabrina
The must-have
Play-Doh
On This Day
AEC Routemaster, the iconic London bus was introduced.
Wikipedia →The Cochabamba–Santa Cruz highway connecting western and eastern Bolivia is inaugurated.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896)
- Konstantin Chernenko (1911)
- İsmet İnönü (1884)
- Gerolamo Cardano (1501)
- Horace Walpole (1717)
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
26,188 days ago
(71 years, 273 days)