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On the date

Monday, July 2, 1956

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The Headlines

ALL 128 ON 2 AIRLINERS FOUND DEAD; CRAFT PRESUMED TO HAVE COLLIDED BEFORE CRASHING IN GRAND CANYON; 'COPTER AT SCENE Plans Are Laid to Fly Out Victims' Bodies --Inquiry Starts To Fly In Again Today Two Black Blotches Mark the Canyon Spots Where Planes Carried 128 to Death ALL 128 ARE DEAD ON TWO AIRLINERS 'We Are Going ...'

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The must-have

Yahtzee

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

blastflickkiboshshades

Greaser

cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad

Beatnik

cooldigfar outhipsquare

Catchphrases of 1956

  • Don't be cruel

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

25,541 days ago

(69 years, 356 days)