From the day
On the date
Sunday, June 28, 1953
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The Headlines
CUBS DOWN JANSEN WITH 2 IN THIRD, 2-1; Jeffcoat Homer Helps Defeat Giants at Chicago -- Hacker Triumphs on the Mound
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712)
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577)
- Luigi Pirandello (1867)
- Muhammad Yunus (1940)
- Henry VIII (1491)
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
26,640 days ago
(72 years, 360 days)