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On the date
Tuesday, March 3, 1953
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The Headlines
Offshore Oil Stand Altered By Brownell to Avert Tests; BROWNELL ALTERS OFFSHORE OIL VIEW
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Peter Pan
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
On This Day
A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11 people.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander Graham Bell (1847)
- Georg Cantor (1845)
- Zico (footballer) (1953)
- William Godwin (1756)
- Ragnar Frisch (1895)
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
26,757 days ago
(73 years, 112 days)