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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
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Helen of Troy
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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You Share a Birthday With
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)
- Dick Cheney (1941)
- Islam Karimov (1938)
- Phil Collins (1951)
- Olof Palme (1927)
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
25,694 days ago
(70 years, 144 days)