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Friday, October 16, 1953
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The Headlines
Eisenhower Sends Johnston To Mid-East to Ease Tension; Film Official Will Press for Israeli-Arab Accord and Economic Development
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Robe †
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
On This Day
Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro delivers his "History Will Absolve Me" speech, and is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by the Fulgencio Batista government for leading an attack on the Moncada Barracks.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Oscar Wilde (1854)
- Günter Grass (1927)
- David Ben-Gurion (1886)
- Eugene O'Neill (1888)
- Enver Hoxha (1908)
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
26,530 days ago
(72 years, 250 days)