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On the date
Tuesday, February 21, 1956
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The Headlines
52 DIE AS AIRLINER FALLS NEAR CAIRO; 12 Survive Crash in Desert of French Plane 52 Die as French Airliner Falls In the Desert Near Cairo Airport Crash Third in Four Days
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Picnic
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Robert Mugabe (1924)
- Harald V (1937)
- W. H. Auden (1907)
- Alan Rickman (1946)
- Anaïs Nin (1903)
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
25,672 days ago
(70 years, 122 days)