From the day
On the date
Sunday, April 3, 1949
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The Headlines
HIGHER TURNOVER AMONG SALESMEN; Employment Agencies Report Registration and Placement Increased Over Last Year HIGHER TURNOVER AMONG SALESMEN
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
The Set-Up
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Marlon Brando (1924)
- Helmut Kohl (1930)
- Jane Goodall (1934)
- Washington Irving (1783)
- Doris Day (1922)
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
28,187 days ago
(77 years, 82 days)