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Wednesday, November 7, 1956
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT SCORES NEW HIGH IN STATE; Plurality Tops 1,500,000 as He Cuts Rival's City Edge PRESIDENT SCORES NEW HIGH IN STATE O'Brien Wins in Albany Takes 9 Brooklyn Districts Turnout Cheers Republicans
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On This Day
Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.
Wikipedia →Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Marie Curie (1867)
- Albert Camus (1913)
- Leon Trotsky (1879)
- James Cook (1728)
- C. V. Raman (1888)
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
25,412 days ago
(69 years, 227 days)