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Tuesday, December 18, 1956
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The Headlines
BRITISH VOICE IRE AT DELAY BY U.N. IN CLEARING SUEZ; Commons Aroused as Lloyd Says Salvage Ship Offer Has Not Been Accepted Emergency Action Urged BRITISH VOICE IRE OVER SUEZ DELAYS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Ten Commandments
The must-have
Yahtzee
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Steven Spielberg (1946)
- Willy Brandt (1913)
- J. J. Thomson (1856)
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863)
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
25,371 days ago
(69 years, 186 days)