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Sunday, March 27, 1949
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The Headlines
THE BRUTAL TRUTH; Polish Film Dramatizes Nazi Torture Camp
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
Knock on Any Door
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Wilhelm Röntgen (1845)
- James Callaghan (1912)
- Gloria Swanson (1899)
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886)
- Eisaku Satō (1901)
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
28,195 days ago
(77 years, 90 days)