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On the date
Thursday, January 29, 1953
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The Headlines
4-WEEK BUS STRIKE IS ENDED; THIRD AVE. SERVICE RESUMED; OTHER LINES TO ROLL TODAY; ARBITRATION IS SET
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Bad and the Beautiful
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Anton Chekhov (1860)
- William McKinley (1843)
- Romain Rolland (1866)
- Abdus Salam (1926)
- Emanuel Swedenborg (1688)
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
26,790 days ago
(73 years, 145 days)