From the day
On the date
Friday, February 25, 1949
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The Headlines
Truman Hopes ECA Goals Will Be Attained Before '52; He Is Heartened by Report on British Gains -- But He Cautions on Ending Marshall Plan Before Recovery Is Assured TRUMAN HOPEFUL OF EARLY ECA END
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Far Away Places
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Whispering Smith
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- George Harrison (1943)
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841)
- Carlo Goldoni (1707)
- Lesya Ukrainka (1871)
- José de San Martín (1778)
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
28,224 days ago
(77 years, 119 days)