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On the date
Tuesday, July 28, 1953
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The Headlines
ASSEMBLYMAN KATZ ON TAMMANY SLATE; NEGROES IN PROTEST; Four Harlem Leaders Demand One of Their Race Be Named for Borough President ASSEMBLYMAN KATZ ON TAMMANY SLATE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Second Chance
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Karl Popper (1902)
- Ludwig Feuerbach (1804)
- Vajiralongkorn (1952)
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929)
- Marcel Duchamp (1887)
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
26,610 days ago
(72 years, 330 days)