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On the date
Monday, January 12, 1953
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The Headlines
NATO IS IN A CRISIS DESPITE ITS SUCCESS; Military Vacuum Partly Filled but Force to Insure Security Is Still Not in Sight NATO IS IN A CRISIS DESPITE ITS SUCCESS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Million Dollar Mermaid
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Jack London (1876)
- Swami Vivekananda (1863)
- Haruki Murakami (1949)
- Edmund Burke (1729)
- Hermann Göring (1893)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Color TV Standards (NTSC), Black Box Flight Recorder & WD-40.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
26,808 days ago
(73 years, 163 days)