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On the date
Sunday, April 5, 1953
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The Headlines
$2,500,000,000 Invested in New Facilities By Electric Industry During Last 12 Months; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY GROWING RAPIDLY
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Call Me Madam
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Thomas Hobbes (1588)
- Bette Davis (1908)
- Gregory Peck (1916)
- Pope Urban VIII (1568)
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947)
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
26,725 days ago
(73 years, 80 days)