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Saturday, January 28, 1956
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT CUTS WORK SCHEDULE; Spending Less Time at Desk and Seeing Fewer Callers --Gets More Sleep EISENHOWER CUTS WORK SCHEDULE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Helen of Troy
The must-have
Yahtzee
On This Day
Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Nicolas Sarkozy (1955)
- Jackson Pollock (1912)
- José Martí (1853)
- Colette (1873)
- Ismail Kadare (1936)
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
25,696 days ago
(70 years, 146 days)