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Tuesday, June 9, 1953
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The Headlines
GOVERNOR OPPOSES STATE PIER AGENCY AS HEARINGS OPEN; Port Authority Balks at Task of Administering Controls to End Racketeering Here
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Fort Ti
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
On This Day
The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Peter the Great (1672)
- Bertha von Suttner (1843)
- Eric Hobsbawm (1917)
- George Stephenson (1781)
- Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640)
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
26,660 days ago
(73 years, 15 days)