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Thursday, April 26, 1956
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The Headlines
DEMOCRATS MAP DIRECT FARM AID; New Measure Would Bring Receipts to 90% of Parity DEMOCRATS PLAN DIRECT FARM AID
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Swan
The must-have
Yahtzee
On This Day
SS Ideal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889)
- AD 121 (121)
- AD 757 (757)
- Eugène Delacroix (1798)
- I. M. Pei (1917)
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
25,608 days ago
(70 years, 58 days)