yesterwire.comBack to search

On the date

Saturday, July 16, 1949

From the day

Memories from that day

No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.

The Headlines

2 CZECH TENNIS ACES RENOUNCE COUNTRY; Drobny and Cernik Defy Order by Red Regime to Return -- Will Seek U. S. Refuge CZECH JUSTICE WITH ARCHBISHOP BERAN -- NET STARS CONFER 2 CZECH NET STARS RENOUNCE COUNTRY

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)

Vaughn Monroe 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

28,083 days ago

(76 years, 343 days)