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Saturday, April 4, 1953
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The Headlines
Ex-King Carol of Rumania Is Dead Of Heart Attack Near Lisbon at 59; Monarch Abdicated in 1940 in Son's Favor After Stormy Political, Personal Reign EX-KING CAROL DIES NEAR LISBON AT 59
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Call Me Madam
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Maya Angelou (1928)
- Andrei Tarkovsky (1932)
- Caracalla (188)
- Marguerite Duras (1914)
- Isoroku Yamamoto (1884)
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
26,726 days ago
(73 years, 81 days)