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Wednesday, August 8, 1956
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The Headlines
PARIS IS DOUBTFUL ON MILTARY MOVE TO CHECK NASSER; Likelihood of Using Force Over Suez Questioned-- Trust in Talks Wanes
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The King and I
The must-have
Yahtzee
On This Day
Marcinelle mining disaster in Belgium. 262 coal miners, including a substantial number of Italian migrant workers, were killed in one of the largest mining accidents in Belgian history.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Paul Dirac (1902)
- Mohamed Morsi (1951)
- Dustin Hoffman (1937)
- Emiliano Zapata (1879)
- Ernest Lawrence (1901)
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
25,503 days ago
(69 years, 318 days)