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Monday, February 13, 1956
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The Headlines
CITY AUTO DEATHS OFF 20% FROM '55, KENNEDY REPORTS; Decline to 60 in 40 Days of '56 Coincides With Use of Unmarked Police Cars 6,764 Tickets Issued CITY AUTO DEATHS OFF 20% FROM '55
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Benny Goodman Story
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Thomas Robert Malthus (1766)
- William Shockley (1910)
- Georges Simenon (1903)
- Ivan Krylov (1769)
- Paul Biya (1933)
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
25,680 days ago
(70 years, 130 days)