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Thursday, February 19, 1953
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The Headlines
Nehru Feels Blockade Talk Creates War Fear in World; Discussion in U. S. on China, He Tells Indian House, Is 'Not Talk That Can Lead to Peace' -- Questions 'Military' Thinking
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Peter Pan
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
On This Day
Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Nicolaus Copernicus (1473)
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953)
- Svante Arrhenius (1859)
- Saparmurat Niyazov (1940)
- André Breton (1896)
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
26,770 days ago
(73 years, 125 days)