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On the date
Friday, October 29, 1948
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The Headlines
United States, Britain, France, at U.N., Deny Assertion About Berlin Accord; 3 ANSWER STALIN, DENY BERLIN PACT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
A Tree in the Meadow
Margaret Whiting
#1 at the box office
Red River
The must-have
Scrabble
On This Day
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Safsaf massacre: Israeli soldiers capture the Palestinian village of Safsaf in the Galilee; afterwards, between 52 and 64 villagers are massacred by the IDF.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Goebbels (1897)
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938)
- Franz von Papen (1879)
- Richard Dreyfuss (1947)
- Jean Giraudoux (1882)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Long-Playing Record (LP), Velcro & Holography Theory.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Meanwhile
- Post-WWII Expansion — The 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.
Time Elapsed
28,343 days ago
(77 years, 238 days)