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On the date
Friday, May 11, 1956
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The Headlines
CHURCHILL TALKS OF SOVIET IN NATO; Says Moscow Might Join if It is Sincere on Stalin --Gets Aachen Award
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Salvador Dalí (1904)
- Richard Feynman (1918)
- Camilo José Cela (1916)
- Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930)
- Antony Hewish (1924)
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
25,592 days ago
(70 years, 42 days)