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On the date
Wednesday, May 27, 1953
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The Headlines
President Eisenhower Becomes a Farm Boy for a Day; EISENHOWER GOES FARM BOY FOR DAY
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
House of Wax
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Ibn Khaldun (1332)
- Henry Kissinger (1923)
- Christopher Lee (1922)
- Rachel Carson (1907)
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894)
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
26,673 days ago
(73 years, 28 days)