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On the date
Sunday, May 17, 1953
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The Headlines
U. N. CONSULTATION ON TRUCE IS SEEN IN PANMUNJOM LULL; Harrison Flying to See Clark in Tokyo -- New Step Waited When Parley Is Resumed
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
House of Wax
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
On This Day
Delta Air Lines Flight 318 crashes near Marshall, Texas, killing 19.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Edward Jenner (1749)
- Henri Barbusse (1873)
- Erik Satie (1866)
- Alfonso XIII (1886)
- Dennis Hopper (1936)
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
26,683 days ago
(73 years, 38 days)