From the day
On the date
Tuesday, April 12, 1949
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The Headlines
TAMMANY REJECTS YOUNG ROOSEVELT; Picks Shalleck for Congress -- Blaikie, 7th A. D. Chief, Bolts and Assails Leadership TAMMANY REJECTS YOUNG ROOSEVELT
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
- Jacob Zuma (1942)
- Montserrat Caballé (1933)
- David Letterman (1947)
- Tom Clancy (1947)
- Jan Tinbergen (1903)
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
28,178 days ago
(77 years, 73 days)