From the day
On the date
Sunday, January 23, 1949
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The Headlines
New Delhi Draft Demands Transfer of Sovereignty in East Indies by 1950; NEW DELHI PARLEY VOTES PLEA TO U. N.
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
A Little Bird Told Me
Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters
#1 at the box office
The Snake Pit
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- David Hilbert (1862)
- Stendhal (1783)
- Édouard Manet (1832)
- Derek Walcott (1930)
- Megawati Sukarnoputri (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
28,257 days ago
(77 years, 152 days)