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Friday, June 22, 1956
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The Headlines
East Germans Free 19,000 And Assail 2 Justice Chiefs; Meaning Is Disputed 19,000 RELEASED IN EAST GERMANY
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Catered Affair
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 1000 (1000)
- Meryl Streep (1949)
- Erich Maria Remarque (1898)
- Giuseppe Mazzini (1805)
- Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767)
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
25,550 days ago
(70 years, 0 days)