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Friday, July 27, 1956
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The Headlines
4 RESCUE SHIPS IN; Ile de France Brings 753 From Disaster-- Other Craft Due 4 SHIPS ARRIVE WITH SURVIVORS 40-Foot Wedge in Side No Mass Panic Aboard Ile de France to Rescue Rescue Over by Daybreak Geysers Spout From Ship
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The King and I
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Giosuè Carducci (1835)
- Alexandre Dumas fils (1824)
- Jean Baudrillard (1929)
- Murad IV (1612)
- Hans Fischer (1881)
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
25,515 days ago
(69 years, 330 days)