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Sunday, July 29, 1956
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The Headlines
Manufacture of Devices to Spot Radioactivity a 'Hot' Industry; DETECTORS GAIN IN ATOMIC WORLD
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The King and I
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Benito Mussolini (1883)
- Dag Hammarskjöld (1905)
- Alexis de Tocqueville (1805)
- Eyvind Johnson (1900)
- Isidor Rabi (1898)
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
25,513 days ago
(69 years, 328 days)