From the day
On the date
Saturday, December 18, 1954
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The Headlines
MANHOLE LIDS FLY IN. BLAST IN BRONX; 30-Block Area Is Rocked, Windows Broken, 7 Hurt by Sewer Explosion Sewer Blast Scatters 50 Manhole Covers in Bronx Sewer Blast Rips Area in Bronx, Sends 50 Manhole Covers Flying
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
White Christmas †
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Steven Spielberg (1946)
- Willy Brandt (1913)
- J. J. Thomson (1856)
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863)
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
26,102 days ago
(71 years, 187 days)