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Monday, April 9, 1956
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The Headlines
RUSSIA APPEALS ANEW TO FARMERS TO SPUR OUTPUT; More Products at Less Cost Called Only Way to Raise Standards of Living Called Consumers Goods Key SOVIET APPEALS ANEW TO FARMERS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
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You Share a Birthday With
- Charles Baudelaire (1821)
- Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933)
- Leopold II of Belgium (1835)
- Hugh Hefner (1926)
- Elias Lönnrot (1802)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
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Beatnik
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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
25,624 days ago
(70 years, 74 days)