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Thursday, March 1, 1956
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The Headlines
U.S. JUDGE ORDERS ALABAMA CO-ED TO BE REINSTATED; Bids School Admit Miss Lucy by Monday--Bars Contempt Action Against Trustees CITES THEIR 'GOOD FAITH' He Finds That Reaction Was Underestimated--Negro Says She Will Return Feared for Life, She Says MISS LUCY VICTOR IN COURT APPEAL Sentiment Is Revealed
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Picnic
The must-have
Yahtzee
On This Day
Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
Wikipedia →The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Frédéric Chopin (1810)
- Yitzhak Rabin (1922)
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892)
- Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956)
- Harry Belafonte (1927)
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
25,663 days ago
(70 years, 113 days)