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Tuesday, January 25, 1949
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The Headlines
ISRAEL RECOGNITION DECIDED BY BRITAIN; FRANCE GRANTS TIES; Announcement Is Expected in Commons During Debate on Palestine Tomorrow 5 MORE NATIONS MAY ACT Moves by Benelux Countries, Australia and New Zealand Are Predicted in London BRITAIN TO ACCEPT ISRAEL AS A STATE
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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)
On This Day
The first Emmy Awards are presented in the United States; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Virginia Woolf (1882)
- Robert Burns (1759)
- Vladimir Vysotsky (1938)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874)
- Robert Boyle (1627)
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
28,255 days ago
(77 years, 150 days)