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On the date
Sunday, July 12, 1953
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The Headlines
OUTPUT IS STARTED OF FALL FASHIONS; Race Against Time Under Way to Permit Showing Lines for Consumer Reaction FABRICS SUPPLY PROBLEM Vacation Shutdowns by Dyers Create Lag -- Labor Prices Are Set by Agreement
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Charge at Feather River
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Neruda (1904)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817)
- Amedeo Modigliani (1884)
- Buckminster Fuller (1895)
- Richard Simmons (1948)
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
26,626 days ago
(72 years, 346 days)