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Wednesday, May 1, 1957
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The Headlines
U.S., MOSES AGREE OVER LINCOLN SQ.; 'Understanding' Is Reached on Financing Project, but Terms Are Kept Secret
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Around the World in 80 Days
The must-have
Frisbee
On This Day
A Vickers VC.1 Viking crashes while attempting to return to Blackbushe Airport in Yateley, killing 34.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
- Joseph Heller (1923)
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
25,238 days ago
(69 years, 53 days)