From the day
On the date
Tuesday, November 9, 1954
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT PICKS U. S. CONTROLLER; Campbell, Columbia U. Aide Now With A.E.C., Is Chosen -- Kefauver Protests
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
White Christmas †
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Ivan Turgenev (1818)
- Carl Sagan (1934)
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877)
- Edward VII (1841)
- Imre Kertész (1929)
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
26,141 days ago
(71 years, 226 days)