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On the date
Monday, May 18, 1953
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The Headlines
Tonkin Delta Bastion Stops Vietminh Reds; TONKIN DELTA FORT BLOCKS VIETMINH
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
House of Wax
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
On This Day
Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope John Paul II (1920)
- Bertrand Russell (1872)
- Omar Khayyam (1048)
- Nicholas II (1868)
- Walter Gropius (1883)
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
26,682 days ago
(73 years, 37 days)