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Monday, March 19, 1956
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The Headlines
GOV. FREEMAN SEES STEVENSON SWEEP; Minnesotan Predicts 2-to-1 Margin in Vote Tomorrow --Kefauver Is Optimistic Greater Difficulty Seen GOV. FREEMAN SEES STEVENSON SWEEP
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Picnic
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Bruce Willis (1955)
- David Livingstone (1813)
- Adolf Eichmann (1906)
- Philip Roth (1933)
- Mario Monti (1943)
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
25,645 days ago
(70 years, 95 days)