July 12, 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.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — July 12, 1953
NY Times Headlines — Week of July 12, 1953
Dulles Supports Paris Plan To Spur War In Indo-China; Bidault Outlines Moves To Take Offensive -- Says Red China Is Stepping Up Supplies Dulles Hails Plan On Indo-China War
Suez Town Ringed By British Seeking Return Of Airman; Ismailia Cordoned By Troops -- Egypt'S Cabinet Meets And Army Takes Counter-Action Suez Town Ringed By British Troops
World Events — July 1953
Time Person of the Year — 1953
On the radio
Billboard Charts — July 12, 1953
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1952–53 Season
Emmy Winners — 1953
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — July 12, 1953
On the field
Sports Champions — July 12, 1953
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