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On the date
Saturday, May 9, 1953
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The Headlines
Eisenhower and St. Laurent Say Laos Belies Red Amity; Joint Statement Calls Blow Threat to All Southeast Asia -- President Earmarks $60,000,000 Aid to France in Fight LAOS BLOW SCORED BY U. S AND CANADA
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
House of Wax
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- J. M. Barrie (1860)
- Howard Carter (1874)
- Glenda Jackson (1936)
- José Ortega y Gasset (1883)
- Sophie Scholl (1921)
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
26,690 days ago
(73 years, 45 days)