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On the date
Saturday, March 21, 1953
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The Headlines
ALBANY GETS BILLS; Cullman Is Proposed as Fifth Board Member -- Pension Fund Is Set SHOTGUN' CUTS ASSAILED Mayor Offers Measure to Aid Transit Deficit -- Assembly Approves County Tax GOVERNOR TO FORCE TRANSIT PLAN'S USE
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Come Back, Little Sheba
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685)
- Joseph Fourier (1768)
- Sergey Lavrov (1950)
- Slavoj Žižek (1949)
- Modest Mussorgsky (1839)
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
26,740 days ago
(73 years, 95 days)