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On the date
Saturday, April 23, 1949
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The Headlines
Daylight Time Begins At 2 A. M. Tomorrow
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
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
On This Day
Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Max Planck (1858)
- James Buchanan (1791)
- Halldór Laxness (1902)
- Shirley Temple (1928)
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
28,168 days ago
(77 years, 63 days)