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Friday, July 20, 1956
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The Headlines
STRAUSS ASSERTS FALL-OUT DANGER CAN BE LOCALIZED; Report to President on Atom Tests Also Cites Progress on New Nuclear Arms Sees Gains From Tests CURB ON FALL-OUT CALLED POSSIBLE Low Blasts More Dangerous TEXT OF STATEMENT
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The King and I
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Petrarch (1304)
- Edmund Hillary (1919)
- Gregor Mendel (1822)
- Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864)
- Mahmud II (1789)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
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
25,523 days ago
(69 years, 338 days)