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Wednesday, March 7, 1956
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The Headlines
High School Pupils Smash 3 IND Cars On Way to Garden; HIGH SCHOOL MOB WRECKS IND CARS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Picnic
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Alessandro Manzoni (1785)
- Maurice Ravel (1875)
- Tomáš Masaryk (1850)
- John Herschel (1792)
- Piet Mondrian (1872)
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
25,657 days ago
(70 years, 107 days)