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Thursday, February 9, 1956
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The Headlines
Court Curbs State In Tax Prosecution; INCOME TAX CASE CURBS THE STATE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Benny Goodman Story
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- William Henry Harrison (1773)
- Thomas Paine (1737)
- J. M. Coetzee (1940)
- Alice Walker (1944)
- Joseph Stiglitz (1943)
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
25,685 days ago
(70 years, 135 days)