From the day
On the date
Tuesday, March 29, 1949
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
O'DWYER EXTENDS HIS TAMMANY RIFT; Break Until Campaign Opens Indicated as Mayor Backs Fair Dealers on Direct Vote O'Dwyer Widens Tammany Rift, Indicating Break Until Campaign
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
- John Tyler (1790)
- John Major (1943)
- Lavrentiy Beria (1899)
- Vangelis (1943)
- Ernst Jünger (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
28,192 days ago
(77 years, 87 days)