From the day
On the date
Monday, January 31, 1949
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The Headlines
Three Scandinavian Nations Drop Plans for Defense Pact; Norway, Sweden and Denmark Declare That Accord Was Not Possible at Present -- Oslo Held Determined to Join West 3 NATIONS SHELVE NORDIC PACT PLANS
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
Joan of Arc
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
On This Day
These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago, United States.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Franz Schubert (1797)
- Kenzaburō Ōe (1935)
- Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938)
- Norman Mailer (1923)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543)
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
28,250 days ago
(77 years, 145 days)