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Sunday, April 15, 1956
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The Headlines
U.N. CHIEF TOURS GAZA AREA IN CAR; Ends Talks in Cairo, Pleased With Progress of His Peace Mission--Flies to Beirut
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Leonhard Euler (1707)
- Nikita Khrushchev (1894)
- Kim Il Sung (1912)
- Émile Durkheim (1858)
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
25,619 days ago
(70 years, 69 days)