From the day
On the date
Saturday, July 18, 1953
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The Headlines
GERMAN REDS HALT POLICY OF RETREAT SET UP AFTER RIOTS; Party to Purge Old Socialists -- More Soviet Tanks Are Reported in East Berlin GERMAN REDS HALT POLICY OF RETREAT
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
- Nelson Mandela (1918)
- Hendrik Lorentz (1853)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811)
- John Glenn (1921)
- Richard Branson (1950)
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
26,620 days ago
(72 years, 340 days)