From the day
On the date
Sunday, June 21, 1953
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The Headlines
THE NATION
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
It Came from Outer Space
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905)
- Benazir Bhutto (1953)
- Shirin Ebadi (1947)
- Françoise Sagan (1935)
- Pope Leo IX (1002)
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
26,648 days ago
(73 years, 3 days)