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Tuesday, January 13, 1953
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The Headlines
Storm Mop-Up Sped By Thousands in Area; Storm Mop-Up Pushed in Suburbs; Cost to Utilities May Exceed Million
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Million Dollar Mermaid
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
On This Day
An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
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You Share a Birthday With
- AD 101 (101)
- Wilhelm Wien (1864)
- Sydney Brenner (1927)
- Paul Feyerabend (1924)
- Carles Rexach (1947)
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
26,807 days ago
(73 years, 162 days)