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On the date
Thursday, October 15, 1953
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The Headlines
Dressen Out as Dodger Manager After Rejecting One-Year Contract; Dressen Leaves Dodgers Over Club's Refusal to Extend Contract Beyond 1954 OFFER IS REJECTED DESPITE PAY RISE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Robe †
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844)
- Akbar (1542)
- Mikhail Lermontov (1814)
- Michel Foucault (1926)
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931)
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
26,531 days ago
(72 years, 251 days)