From the day
On the date
Tuesday, March 1, 1949
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The Headlines
SNOW, FREEZE END FEBRUARY WARMTH; Removal of Slushy Blanket Speeded as Cold Moves In -- 3 Deaths Laid to Storm
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Les Brown and his Orchestra
#1 at the box office
Whispering Smith
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Frédéric Chopin (1810)
- Yitzhak Rabin (1922)
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892)
- Harry Belafonte (1927)
- David Niven (1910)
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
28,220 days ago
(77 years, 115 days)