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On the date
Wednesday, January 25, 1956
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The Headlines
Seatless I.R.T. Shuttle Trains Proposed by Transit Board Head; SHUTTLE MAY RUN SEATLESS TRAINS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Guys and Dolls †
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Virginia Woolf (1882)
- Robert Burns (1759)
- Vladimir Vysotsky (1938)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874)
- Robert Boyle (1627)
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
25,699 days ago
(70 years, 149 days)