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Tuesday, October 9, 1956
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The Headlines
EGYPT AND SOVIET JOIN IN U.N. FIGHT ON SUEZ PROPOSAL; They Reject Western Plan for International Control, but Keep Door to Talks Open SECRET PARLEY TODAY Little Hope Held for Accord on Any Terms but Cairo's --Dulles to Give View Accusation by Fawzi EGYPT AND SOVIET REJECT SUEZ PLAN Soviet Proposal Renewed Two Replies by U.S.
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War and Peace
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You Share a Birthday With
- John Lennon (1940)
- Ivo Andrić (1892)
- Max von Laue (1879)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906)
- Emil Fischer (1852)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Greaser
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Beatnik
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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
25,441 days ago
(69 years, 256 days)