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Saturday, June 30, 1956
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The Headlines
HOUSE UNIT VOTES NIAGARA PROJECT; Backs Lehman Bill Providing for State Development of Power at Falls Compromise Rejected HOUSE UNIT BACKS NIAGARA PROJECT
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Trapeze
The must-have
Yahtzee
On This Day
A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Czesław Miłosz (1911)
- Serzh Sargsyan (1954)
- Walter Ulbricht (1893)
- Charles VIII of France (1470)
- Paul Berg (1926)
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
25,542 days ago
(69 years, 357 days)