From the day
On the date
Thursday, August 9, 1956
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
Wife Says Doctors Cleared Roosevelt; ROOSEVELT'S TEST RECALLED BY WIFE Not Tied to Dropping Wallace McIntire Reaffirmed Finding
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
High Society
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Romano Prodi (1939)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
- Leonid Kuchma (1938)
- Tove Jansson (1914)
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
25,502 days ago
(69 years, 317 days)