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On the date
Monday, July 6, 1953
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The Headlines
Trumans End 'Happy Week' Here, 'Perk Along' Home in Their Auto; TRUMANS QUIT CITY AFTER 'HAPPYWEEK'
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Dangerous When Wet
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- George W. Bush (1946)
- Frida Kahlo (1907)
- 14th Dalai Lama (1935)
- Sylvester Stallone (1946)
- Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940)
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
26,633 days ago
(72 years, 353 days)