From the day
On the date
Thursday, January 13, 1949
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The Headlines
Weizmann Warns British Course Will Lead to War; Israeli Leader Asks for Cooperation Lest Events Plunge Whole World Into Conflict -- Denies a Studied Invasion of Egypt WEIZMANN WARNS OF A WAR DANGER
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Buttons and Bows
Dinah Shore and her Happy Valley Boys
#1 at the box office
Words and Music
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 101 (101)
- Wilhelm Wien (1864)
- Sydney Brenner (1927)
- Paul Feyerabend (1924)
- Carles Rexach (1947)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
45 RPM Vinyl, Atomic Clock & Crash Test Dummies.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
28,267 days ago
(77 years, 162 days)