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On the date

Monday, January 30, 1956

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The Headlines

STATE G.O.P. PLANS 50 MILLION TAX CUT; Heck Says Party Will Offer Bill This Week to Forgive on a Graduated Basis Harriman Threat Assailed

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The must-have

Yahtzee

On This Day

  • In the United States, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

blastflickkiboshshades

Greaser

cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad

Beatnik

cooldigfar outhipsquare

Catchphrases of 1956

  • Don't be cruel

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

25,694 days ago

(70 years, 144 days)