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Wednesday, November 21, 1956
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The Headlines
HUNGARY OUTPUT SHARPLY REDUCED; Coal and Power Production Fraction of Needs--Few Workers Back on Job Output Figures Given Some Tanks Pull Out HUNGARY OUTPUT SHARPLY REDUCED Hungarian Protest Reported U.S. Hears of Defections
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
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The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Voltaire (1694)
- Pope Benedict XV (1854)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903)
- René Magritte (1898)
- Goldie Hawn (1945)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Greaser
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Beatnik
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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
25,399 days ago
(69 years, 214 days)