From the day
On the date
Tuesday, December 4, 1956
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The Headlines
Fireboats by Sea and Firemen by Land Battle Waterfront Blaze Under a Canopy of Smoke; FIREBOATS BATTLE EERIE DOCK BLAZE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Giant
The must-have
Yahtzee
On This Day
The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Francisco Franco (1892)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875)
- Thomas Carlyle (1795)
- Jeff Bridges (1949)
- Samuel Butler (novelist) (1835)
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
25,385 days ago
(69 years, 200 days)