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On the date
Saturday, July 9, 1949
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The Headlines
Lebanon Executes Would-Be Hitler After Party's Rebellion Collapses; EXECUTED IN LEVANT LEBANON EXECUTES FASCIST CHIEFTAIN
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
Sorrowful JonesNeptune's Daughter
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Donald Rumsfeld (1932)
- Edward Heath (1916)
- Hassan II of Morocco (1929)
- Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578)
- Ben Roy Mottelson (1926)
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
28,090 days ago
(76 years, 350 days)