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Saturday, July 28, 1956
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The Headlines
CONGRESS QUITS AFTER APPROVING FOREIGN AID FUND; 84th Adjourns at Midnight --3.7 Billion Outlay Voted in Last-Minute Rush Aid Measure Approved CONGRESS QUITS AFTER VOTING 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
- Hugo Chávez (1954)
- Karl Popper (1902)
- Ludwig Feuerbach (1804)
- Vajiralongkorn (1952)
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929)
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
25,514 days ago
(69 years, 329 days)