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On the date
Tuesday, May 26, 1953
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The Headlines
KOREA FOE STUDIES NEW U.N. TRUCE BID; PARLEY IN RECESS; Seoul Hears Allied Plan Would Let General Assembly Make Final Ruling on Captives KOREA FOE STUDIES NEW U. N. TRUCE BID
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
House of Wax
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- John Wayne (1907)
- Miles Davis (1926)
- Pope Clement VII (1478)
- Sally Ride (1951)
- Jeremy Corbyn (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
26,674 days ago
(73 years, 29 days)