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On the date
Wednesday, July 22, 1953
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The Headlines
BRITAIN BARS SHIFT ON A FREE GERMANY; Butler Reaffirms Principle of a United Nation -- Attlee Asks Wider Big 4 Agenda
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
- Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887)
- Janusz Korczak (1878)
- Selman Waksman (1888)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784)
- Louise Fletcher (1934)
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
26,616 days ago
(72 years, 336 days)