June 1, 1953
The federal minimum wage stood at $0.75/hr that summer of 1953, and the Dow Jones sat at 281 — the Korean War armistice was being actively negotiated, with Congress leaving the fate of a truce agreement to President Eisenhower as fighting continued on the peninsula. On American screens and radio waves, "I Love Lucy" had just won the Emmy for best comedy and Eddie Fisher's "I'm Walking Behind You" sat at the top of the music charts. That July, Austrian climber Hermann Buhl completed the first ascent of Nanga Parbat in the Pakistan Himalayas — the world's ninth highest mountain — reaching the 26,660-foot summit alone, without supplemental oxygen, on a German-Austrian expedition.
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Magazine Covers — June 1, 1953
NY Times Headlines — Week of June 1, 1953
Senate Committee Seen Backing Cut In President'S Treaty Power; Vote To Cut Power On Treaties Is Seen
Dulles Says U.S. Aim Is To Gain Friends; Report On Near East-Asian Trip Urges 'Impartial' Approach To Arab-Israeli Dispute Dulles Says Policy Is To Gain Friends
G. O. P. Chiefs Yield To President, Scrap Rider On U. N. Funds; Agree After White House Talk On Milder Substitute Stating Opposition To Red China
Curb On President'S Treaty Role Voted, 8-4, By Senate Committee; Senate Unit Votes Treaty Role Curb
World Events — June 1953
Time Person of the Year — 1953
On the radio
Billboard Charts — June 1, 1953
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1952–53 Season
Emmy Winners — 1953
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — June 1, 1953
On the field
Sports Champions — June 1, 1953
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