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Thursday, May 26, 1949
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The Headlines
New Russian Move Severs Berlin's Rail Link to West; SOVIET MOVE CUTS BERLIN RAIL LINK
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Riders in the Sky
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
The Stratton Story
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- John Wayne (1907)
- Miles Davis (1926)
- Pope Clement VII (1478)
- Jeremy Corbyn (1949)
- Mehmed III (1566)
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
28,134 days ago
(77 years, 29 days)