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Saturday, May 28, 1949
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The Headlines
Court in Britain Frees Eisler, Finds No Extraditable Crime; Eisler Released by British Court; No Extraditable Offense Is Found
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
- Ian Fleming (1908)
- Patrick White (1912)
- William Pitt the Younger (1759)
- Edvard Beneš (1884)
- Bülent Ecevit (1925)
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
28,132 days ago
(77 years, 27 days)