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Monday, January 9, 1956
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The Headlines
ICE GLAZES CITY, PERILING TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIANS; Weather Bureau Calls It the Worst Such Storm Here in Last Three Years Plane Lost in Storm Ice Coats the City, Periling Traffic and Pedestrians All of State Affected
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Guys and Dolls †
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Richard Nixon (1913)
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908)
- AD 727 (727)
- Karel Čapek (1890)
- Joan Baez (1941)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Hard Disk Drive (IBM 305), Videotape & Transatlantic Telephone Cable.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
25,715 days ago
(70 years, 165 days)