From the day
On the date
Tuesday, January 31, 1956
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The Headlines
Kubitschek Fills Brazil Cabinet; Nixon on Rio for Inaugural Today; CABINET SET IN RIO ON INAUGURAL EVE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Helen of Troy
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Franz Schubert (1797)
- Kenzaburō Ōe (1935)
- Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938)
- Norman Mailer (1923)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543)
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
25,693 days ago
(70 years, 143 days)