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On the date
Monday, September 3, 1956
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The Headlines
PEIPING REJECTS DAMAGE CLAIMS BY U.S. FOR PLANE; Calls Attack on Patrol Craft in Nationalist War Zone 'Entirely Justified' U.S. Statement Recalled PEIPING REJECTS U.S. BID ON PLANE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
High Society
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Mario Draghi (1947)
- Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936)
- Carl David Anderson (1905)
- Urho Kekkonen (1900)
- Eduardo Galeano (1940)
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
25,477 days ago
(69 years, 292 days)