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Saturday, June 23, 1956
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The Headlines
PENSION RIGHTS OF REDS UPHELD; Social Security Ban on Party Aides Voided--No Legal Link to Soviet Seen PENSION CLAIMS OF REDS UPHELD Sacher Hails Decision
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The Catered Affair
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On This Day
The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Alan Turing (1912)
- Anna Akhmatova (1889)
- Edward VIII (1894)
- Martti Ahtisaari (1937)
- Oda Nobunaga (1534)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Greaser
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Beatnik
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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
25,549 days ago
(69 years, 364 days)