August 30, 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 — August 30, 1953
NY Times Headlines — Week of August 30, 1953
Italy Alerts Army; Fears Tito Plans Trieste Zone Coup; Premier Warns West'S Big 3 On Permanent Annexation Of Yugoslav-Held Area Italy Alerts Army; Fears Tito Coup
Yugoslavia Plans To Repudiate Part Of Trieste Treaty; Will Reject A U. N.-Sponsored Free Zone, As U. S., Britain And France Did In 1948 Yugoslavia Plans Trieste Pact Ban
Dulles Rules Out Yalu 'Sanctuary' If Foe Renews War; Warns Chinese Reds Against Aggressor 'Miscalculation' In American Legion Talk Links Indo-China To Korea Secretary Puts Peace There Up To Enemy -- Legionnaires Back Use Of 'Every Weapon' Dulles Rules Out A Yalu 'Sanctuary'
Dulles Pins Blame For Split Germany On Soviet Policies; Brands Continued Partition 'Scandal' And Peace Threat -- Doubts Moscow Is Sincere Wants Adenauer To Win Remark Supporting Chancellor Assailed By Bonn Socialists As Intervention In Poll
World Events — August 1953
Time Person of the Year — 1953
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Billboard Charts — August 30, 1953
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1952–53 Season
Emmy Winners — 1953
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — August 30, 1953
On the field
Sports Champions — August 30, 1953
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