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On the date
Friday, December 25, 1953
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The Headlines
PRAYER FOR PEACE BY PRESIDENT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD; Radio, TV and Voice of America Carry Plea -- Eisenhower Lights Big Yule Tree EISENHOWER GIVES YULE PEACE PRAYER
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Easy to Love
The must-have
Matchbox Cars
You Share a Birthday With
- Isaac Newton (1642)
- Anwar Sadat (1918)
- Humphrey Bogart (1899)
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876)
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924)
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
26,460 days ago
(72 years, 180 days)