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On the date
Sunday, March 1, 1953
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The Headlines
STORES CHECK RUSH TO NIGHT OPENINGS; Nation-Wide Survey Discloses Trend Has Apparently Passed Its Peak
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Peter Pan
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
On This Day
Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Frédéric Chopin (1810)
- Yitzhak Rabin (1922)
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892)
- Harry Belafonte (1927)
- David Niven (1910)
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
26,759 days ago
(73 years, 114 days)