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Friday, March 29, 1957
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The Headlines
MOLLET OBTAINS CONFIDENCE VOTE BY A SLIM MARGIN; French Assembly Supports His Policies by 221 to 188 --111 Deputies Abstain Result of Vote Foreseen Mollet's Aims Listed MOLLET OBTAINS CONFIDENCE VOTE Algerian Elections Opposed
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On This Day
The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
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You Share a Birthday With
- John Tyler (1790)
- John Major (1943)
- Lavrentiy Beria (1899)
- Vangelis (1943)
- Ernst Jünger (1895)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Sputnik Satellite, Fortran Programming Language & Bubble Wrap.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
25,270 days ago
(69 years, 85 days)