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Population: |
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The World |
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The U.S. |
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2.681 billion |
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160,184,192 |
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Joseph Stalin dies (March 5). |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States (Jan. 20). |
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Georgi Malenkov becomes Soviet Premier. |
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Richard M. Nixon becomes
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Vyacheslav Molotov, Foreign Minister. |
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Charlie Chaplin, alleged Communist leaves U, S. for good. |
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East Berliners rise against Communist rule; quelled by tanks (June 17). |
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed in Sing Sing prison (June 19). |
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Korean armistice signed (July 27). |
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James Watson and Francis Crick publish their discovery of the molecular model of DNA (April – May). |
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Ernest Hemingway wins Pulitzer for The Old Man and the Sea. |
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In The U.S. |
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Life expectancy: |
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68.8 years |
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Homicide Rate (per 100,000): |
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4.8 |
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Population less than 170 million. |
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Yet you knew more people then, and knew them better. |
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Average annual salary: under $3,000. |
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Yet our parents could put some of it away for a rainy day and still live a decent life. |
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A loaf of bread cost about 15 cents. |
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And it was safe for a five-year-old to skate to the store and buy one. |
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TV was in black-and-white. |
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But all outdoors was in glorious color. |
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Prime-Time meant I Love Lucy, Ozzie and Harriet, Gunsmoke and Lassie. |
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Nobody ever heard of ratings. |
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No residential air-conditioning. |
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So the windows stayed up and half a dozen mothers ran outside when you fell off your bike. |
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Your teacher was either Miss Matthews or Mrs. Logan or Mr. Adkins. |
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But never Ms Becky or Mr. Dan. |
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You loved to climb into a fresh bed. |
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Because sheets were dried on the clothesline. |
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People generally lived in the same hometown with their relatives. |
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Child care meant grandparents, aunts or uncles. |
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Parents were respected and their rules were law. |
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Children did not talk back. |
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Your Dad knew how to adjust everybody’s carburetor. |
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And the Dad next door knew how to adjust all the TV knobs. |
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Your grandma grew snap beans in the back yard...and chickens behind the garage. |
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And that was definitely good! |
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And just when you were about to do something really bad... Chances were you'd run into your Dad's high school coach... Or the nosy old lady
from up the street... Or your little sister's piano teacher... Or somebody from Church... ALL of whom knew your parents' phone number... And
YOUR first name... And even THAT was good! |
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Some Popular Movies Of 1953 |
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From Here to Eternity |
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
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The Glenn Miller Story |
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Beneath the 12 Mile Reef |
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The Farmer Takes a Wife |
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City That Never Sleeps |
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Calamity Jane |
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Donovan's Brain |
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The Adventures of Annie Oakley |
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Popular Fiction of 1953 |
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1. The Robe, Lloyd C. Douglas
2. The Silver Chalice, Thomas B. Costain
3. Désirée, Annemarie Selinko
4. Battle Cry, Leon M. Uris
5. From Here to Eternity, James Jones
6. The High and the Mighty, Ernest K. Gann
7. Beyond This Place, A. J. Cronin
8. Time and Time Again, James Hilton
9. Lord Vanity, Samuel Shellabarger
10. The Unconquered, Ben Ames Williams |
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Some Popular Songs of 1953 |
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Stranger In Paradise
Song From Moulin Rouge
Rags To Riches
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?
Vaya Con Dios
April In Portugal
No Other Love
You, You, You
I'm Walking Behind You
Ricochet
I Believe
Till I Waltz Again With You
Ebb Tide
Scatterbrain |
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Some Popular TV Shows of 1953 |
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Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater
Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour
Your Show of Shows (Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca)
Perry Como Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Your Hit Parade
The Jack Benny Show |
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Some Popular Comic Strips of 1953 |
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Pogo
Peanuts
Beetle Bailey
Denis The Menace
Little Orphan Annie
Dick Tracy
Li'l Abner |
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Birthdays Of Some Famous People Born In 1953 |
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George Tenet |
01/05/1953 |
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Paul Allen |
01/21/1953 |
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Jeb Bush |
02/11/1953 |
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Carl Hiaasen |
03/12/1953 |
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Hal Ketchum |
03/12/1953 |
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Tony Blair |
04/09/1953 |
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Pierce Brosnan |
05/16/1953 |
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Kathie Lee Gifford |
08/16/1953 |
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Thomas L. Friedman |
07/20/1953 |
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Kim Basinger |
12/08/1953 |
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Not many Heating and Air Conditioning companies reach their 54th Anniversary, so I suppose it is only natural to think in terms of self congratulations now that we are 54 years old. But in truth, many other great things happened that year (1953) and we thought maybe you’d like to review some of them with us.
