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Saturday, December 1, 1956
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The Headlines
HUNGARY IGNORES U.N. CHIEF'S PLEA; Hammarskjold Reports He Has Received No Reply on Sending Observers By LINDESAY PARROTT HUNGARY IGNORES U.N. CHIEF'S PLEA Adjourns Till Monday
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Giant
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Escobar (1949)
- Georgy Zhukov (1896)
- Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792)
- Sebastián Piñera (1949)
- Hasan ibn Ali (624)
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
25,389 days ago
(69 years, 204 days)