From the day
On the date
Friday, July 6, 1956
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The Headlines
Twining Sees Soviet Threat To U.S. Planes' Superiority; General Warns That Russians, With Edge in Jets, Are 'on Move' to Qualitative Advantage--Reports to President Twining Sees Threat by Soviet To Superiority of U.S. Planes Bid to Russians Hinted
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Trapeze
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- George W. Bush (1946)
- Frida Kahlo (1907)
- 14th Dalai Lama (1935)
- Sylvester Stallone (1946)
- Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940)
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
25,537 days ago
(69 years, 352 days)