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Wednesday, July 18, 1956
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The Headlines
SOVIET, EAST ZONE SAY UNITY HINGES ON GERMAN TALKS; Joint Statement Declares Issue Cannot Be Settled Without Such Parleys MOSCOW MEETING ENDS Kremlin Will Help East Zone Strengthen Its Economy and Halve Troop Costs Reduction in Troops Asked Leaders of Soviet and East Zone Say Germans Must Talk Unity German Reds Stress Aid
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The King and I
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Nelson Mandela (1918)
- Hendrik Lorentz (1853)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811)
- John Glenn (1921)
- Richard Branson (1950)
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
25,525 days ago
(69 years, 340 days)