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On the date
Thursday, December 30, 1954
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The Headlines
SUN IS HARNESSED TO CREATE FOOD; Science Team on the Coast Duplicates Photosynthesis Outside Plants' Cells
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
There's No Business Like Show Business
The must-have
Play-Doh
On This Day
The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Rudyard Kipling (1865)
- Tu Youyou (1930)
- Hideki Tojo (1884)
- Patti Smith (1946)
- Omar Bongo (1935)
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
26,090 days ago
(71 years, 175 days)