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On the date

Friday, April 29, 1949

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The Headlines

CONFIDENTIAL UNIT OF POLICE SHELVED IN DRASTIC SHIFTS; O'Brien's Order Abolishing Noted Squad Gives Routine Posts to Its 11 Officers FLATH'S MEN TAKE OVER Disbanded Group's Raids Long Made Headlines -- 2 Captains Lose Precinct Commands CONFIDENTIAL UNIT OF POLICE SHELVED

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Careless Hands

Mel Tormé with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1949

  • Big Brother is watching you

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

28,162 days ago

(77 years, 57 days)