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Tuesday, September 1, 1953
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The Headlines
Heat Wave Enters 2d Week, With No Relief in Sight Here; 97 Peak Recorded on Fifth Over-95 Day, the Longest Such Span in History -- Today Expected to Be in 90's A Splash, One Way or Another, Provides Some Relief CITY HEAT IN 90'S GOES INTO 2D WEEK
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
From Here to Eternity
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Annie Ernaux (1940)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875)
- Roh Moo-hyun (1946)
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896)
- Francis William Aston (1877)
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
26,575 days ago
(72 years, 295 days)