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On the date
Sunday, September 13, 1953
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The Headlines
OUTSIDER IN FRONT; Home-Made, 8-1, Beats Atalanta at Aqueduct -- Level Lea Victor
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
From Here to Eternity
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
On This Day
Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Roald Dahl (1916)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874)
- Claudette Colbert (1903)
- Clara Schumann (1819)
- Óscar Arias (1940)
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
26,563 days ago
(72 years, 283 days)