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On the date
Monday, October 19, 1953
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The Headlines
Turkey Projects New NATO Base; Plan Would Compensate for Suez; TURKEY PROJECTS A NEW NATO BASE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Robe †
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
On This Day
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is published.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910)
- John le Carré (1931)
- Philip Pullman (1946)
- Marsilio Ficino (1433)
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
26,528 days ago
(72 years, 248 days)