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Wednesday, April 4, 1956
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The Headlines
Riegelman Says Economy Claim For Wagner Budget Is Nonsense; WAGNER 'SAVINGS' HIT BY RIEGELMAN Disappointing, Riegelman Says
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Alexander the Great
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Maya Angelou (1928)
- Andrei Tarkovsky (1932)
- Caracalla (188)
- Marguerite Duras (1914)
- Isoroku Yamamoto (1884)
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
25,630 days ago
(70 years, 80 days)