From the day
On the date
Sunday, October 21, 1956
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The Headlines
WITHDRAWAL ON; Peril of Moscow Coup Appears Waning, but Debate Continues Move From the East Khrushchev's Demands POLES REPORTED BARRING TROOPS Debate Resumes Today Gomulka Goes to Airport
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
War and Peace
The must-have
Yahtzee
On This Day
The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Alfred Nobel (1833)
- Benjamin Netanyahu (1949)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
- Carrie Fisher (1956)
- Ursula K. Le Guin (1929)
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
25,429 days ago
(69 years, 244 days)