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On the date
Tuesday, April 7, 1953
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The Headlines
Atomic Test Sets Height Record; Animals Flown Through Cloud; ATOMIC TEST MADE AT RECORD HEIGHT
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Call Me Madam
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- William Wordsworth (1770)
- Gerhard Schröder (1944)
- Gabriela Mistral (1889)
- Francis Ford Coppola (1939)
- Ravi Shankar (1920)
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
26,722 days ago
(73 years, 77 days)