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Tuesday, March 22, 1949
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The Headlines
RUSSIANS DECLARE FINNS BREAK PACT; Newspaper Criticizes Helsinki's Attitude, Warns Against Ties With the West RUSSIANS DECLARE FINNS BREAK PACT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Cruising Down the River
Russ Morgan and His Orchestra with the Skylarks
#1 at the box office
Mother Is a Freshman
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Robert Millikan (1868)
- Wilhelm I (1797)
- Anthony van Dyck (1599)
- Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459)
- Ulugh Beg (1394)
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
28,200 days ago
(77 years, 95 days)