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Friday, May 25, 1956
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The Headlines
Glubb Foe in Jordan Leads Arab Legion; Foe of Glubb in Jordan Is Named Commander of the Arab Legion Appointment Surprises Glubb
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803)
- Pieter Zeeman (1865)
- Ian McKellen (1939)
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803)
- Igor Sikorsky (1889)
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
25,578 days ago
(70 years, 28 days)