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Tuesday, May 1, 1956
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The Headlines
SPROUL WILL QUIT AT RESERVE BANK; HAYES SUCCESSOR; President 15 Years Will Be Replaced by 45-Year-Old New York Trust Official Credit Policy Split Cited SPROUL TO LEAVE FEDERAL RESERVE Hayes Was Rhodes Scholar
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Swan
The must-have
Yahtzee
On This Day
The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
- Joseph Heller (1923)
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
25,602 days ago
(70 years, 52 days)