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On the date
Monday, April 20, 1953
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The Headlines
RED TAINT CHARGED IN WELFARE UNION; McCarthy Warns 8,000 in City Jobs to Shun New Group With Teamster Charter RED TAINT CHARGED IN WELFARE UNION
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Salome
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Napoleon III (1808)
- Joan Miró (1893)
- Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939)
- Jessica Lange (1949)
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
26,710 days ago
(73 years, 65 days)