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Thursday, March 3, 1949
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The Headlines
FORRESTAL TO QUIT CABINET ON APRIL 1, WASHINGTON HEARS; L. A. Johnson, Former Assistant Secretary of War, Expected to Be Named Successor
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
- Alexander Graham Bell (1847)
- Georg Cantor (1845)
- William Godwin (1756)
- Ion Iliescu (1930)
- Ragnar Frisch (1895)
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
28,218 days ago
(77 years, 113 days)