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On the date
Friday, August 7, 1953
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The Headlines
Movie Tax Repeal Is Vetoed; Eisenhower for Cuts in 1954; Bill to Repeal Movie Tax Vetoed; Eisenhower to Ask Cuts in 1954
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Band Wagon
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Elinor Ostrom (1933)
- Mata Hari (1876)
- Sofia Rotaru (1947)
- Constantius II (317)
- Ralph Bunche (1904)
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
26,601 days ago
(72 years, 321 days)