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Wednesday, February 15, 1956
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The Headlines
HARRIMAN URGES 200 MILLION ISSUE OF HOUSING BONDS; Special Message Sets Total for Loans to Supply Units for Middle-Income Class
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Benny Goodman Story
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Galileo Galilei (1564)
- Louis XV (1710)
- Jeremy Bentham (1748)
- Alfred North Whitehead (1861)
- Susan B. Anthony (1820)
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
25,678 days ago
(70 years, 128 days)