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Monday, October 29, 1956
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The Headlines
Florida; EISENHOWER LEAD GROWS IN FLORIDA Factors Aiding President Nixon Is Unpopular
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
War and Peace
The must-have
Yahtzee
On This Day
Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Goebbels (1897)
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938)
- Abdullah Gül (1950)
- Franz von Papen (1879)
- Richard Dreyfuss (1947)
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
25,422 days ago
(69 years, 237 days)