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Monday, June 13, 1949
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The Headlines
WAGNER JR. BACKED BY FAIR DEAL GROUP IN RACE FOR MAYOR; Proposed by Acclamation as Democratic Candidate, He Voices Willingness to Run LABOR WANTS FREE CHOICE AFL and CIO Leaders Deny Being Committed to Anyone, but Hope for Unity WAGNER JR. BACKED IN RACE FOR MAYOR
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)
Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
#1 at the box office
Home of the Brave
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- James Clerk Maxwell (1831)
- Ban Ki-moon (1944)
- W. B. Yeats (1865)
- John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928)
- Fernando Pessoa (1888)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
28,116 days ago
(77 years, 11 days)