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Friday, January 27, 1956
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The Headlines
SOVIET SAID TO ASK U.S. TO STUDY PACT OF NONAGGRESSION; Bulganin's Letter Reported to Suggest the Negotiation of a Bilateral Accord OTHER NOTES REVEALED President Exchanged Several Messages With Premier Before Eisenhower Illness Diplomats Get Some Details SOVIET SAID TO BID U.S. WEIGH TREATY Only U.S. and Soviet Involved
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Helen of Troy
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Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756)
- Lewis Carroll (1832)
- Wilhelm II (1859)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775)
- Abbas the Great (1571)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Greaser
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Beatnik
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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
25,697 days ago
(70 years, 147 days)