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Thursday, October 4, 1956
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The Headlines
SHEPILOV AT U.N. JOINS SUEZ TALKS; Sees Hammarskjold on Plans for Debate--Britain Hopes U.S. Will Back Stand U.S. Endorsement Limited SHEPILOV AT U.N. JOINS SUEZ TALKS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
War and Peace
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1822)
- Susan Sarandon (1946)
- Buster Keaton (1895)
- Charlton Heston (1923)
- Vitaly Ginzburg (1916)
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
25,447 days ago
(69 years, 262 days)