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Friday, February 10, 1956
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The Headlines
HOOVER PROPOSES PRESIDENCY RULE; Would Have Cabinet Decide on an Executive's Disability and on Power Transfer HOOVER PROPOSES PRESIDENCY RULE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Benny Goodman Story
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Bertolt Brecht (1898)
- Boris Pasternak (1890)
- Harold Macmillan (1894)
- Lee Hsien Loong (1952)
- Walter Brattain (1902)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Greaser
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Beatnik
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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
25,683 days ago
(70 years, 133 days)