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Thursday, November 15, 1956
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The Headlines
U.N. Secretary Off to Egypt To Plan for Entry of Troops; Mrs. Meir Defers Parleys U.N.'S SECRETARY LEAVES FOR CAIRO Quick Decision Doubted
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Giant
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Gerhart Hauptmann (1862)
- William Herschel (1738)
- Erwin Rommel (1891)
- Mahmoud Abbas (1935)
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887)
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
25,405 days ago
(69 years, 220 days)