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On the date
Thursday, October 21, 1954
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The Headlines
BASIC AGREEMENT ON FREEING BONN REACHED IN PARIS; Adenauer Makes Concession on Allies' Right to Keep Troops in West Germany BASIC AGREEMENT ON BONN REACHED
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
A Star Is Born
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Alfred Nobel (1833)
- Benjamin Netanyahu (1949)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
- Ursula K. Le Guin (1929)
- Alphonse de Lamartine (1790)
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
26,161 days ago
(71 years, 246 days)