yesterwire.comBack to search

On the date

Friday, February 11, 1949

From the day

Memories from that day

No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.

The Headlines

Tokyo War Secrets Stolen By Soviet Spy Ring in 1941; Agents Led by Pseudo-Nazi Obtained Data Permitting Use of Troops in Siberia to Defend Moscow -- 2 Here Deny Role NAMED IN THE ARMY'S REPORT ON ESPIONAGE TOKYO WAR PLANS STOLEN FOR SOVIET

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)

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

28,238 days ago

(77 years, 133 days)