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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

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 →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1949

  • Big Brother is watching you

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)