From the day
On the date
Thursday, April 7, 1949
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The Headlines
CRIPPS RULES OUT MAJOR TAX CUTS; British Budget Causes Wide Dismay -- Basic Food Cost Raised, Beer Price Cut
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
- William Wordsworth (1770)
- Gerhard Schröder (1944)
- Gabriela Mistral (1889)
- Francis Ford Coppola (1939)
- Ravi Shankar (1920)
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
28,184 days ago
(77 years, 79 days)