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Saturday, June 9, 1956
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The Headlines
HARRIMAN URGED TO QUIT '56 RACE; Dubinsky Calls on Governor to Support Stevenson and Seek Liberal Platform HARRIMAN URGED TO QUIT '56 RACE Liberal Platform Urged
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Searchers
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Peter the Great (1672)
- Bertha von Suttner (1843)
- Eric Hobsbawm (1917)
- George Stephenson (1781)
- Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640)
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
25,564 days ago
(70 years, 14 days)