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On the date
Monday, November 5, 1956
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The Headlines
U.N. Votes Police Force To Keep Peace in Mideast; ASSEMBLY VOTES U.N. POLICE FORCE Israel Holds '49 Truce Void
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Giant
The must-have
Yahtzee
On This Day
Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Vivien Leigh (1913)
- Vandana Shiva (1952)
- William Daniel Phillips (1948)
- Oleg Blokhin (1952)
- Jeffrey Sachs (1954)
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
25,415 days ago
(69 years, 230 days)