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Friday, August 14, 1953
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The Headlines
LANIEL REBUFFED IN APPEAL TO HALT STRIKES IN FRANCE; Spread of Walkout to Private Plants Succeeds in Part -- Some Services Improved LANIEL REBUFFED IN FRENCH STRIKE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- John Galsworthy (1867)
- Hans Christian Ørsted (1777)
- Pope Pius VII (1742)
- Wim Wenders (1945)
- James Horner (1953)
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
26,593 days ago
(72 years, 313 days)