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Friday, May 4, 1956
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The Headlines
RED GAINS ALARM BURMESE REGIME; Communists Increase Seats From 12 to 42 in Vote RED GAINS ALARM BURMESE REGIME 53 Districts Missing
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
- Audrey Hepburn (1929)
- Hosni Mubarak (1928)
- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825)
- Amos Oz (1939)
- Kakuei Tanaka (1918)
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
25,599 days ago
(70 years, 49 days)