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Tuesday, November 17, 1953
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The Headlines
REDS AGAIN CANCEL TALKS TO CAPTIVES; Demand to Interview Rest of North Koreans in Compound Despite Ban by Indians REDS AGAIN CANCEL TALKS TO CAPTIVES
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Robe †
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
On This Day
The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, County Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Scorsese (1942)
- Eugene Wigner (1902)
- Cyril Ramaphosa (1952)
- Louis XVIII (1755)
- Danny DeVito (1944)
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
26,498 days ago
(72 years, 218 days)