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On the date
Thursday, July 21, 1949
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The Headlines
M'Cormick's Chicago Tribune Buys The Times-Herald in Washington; M'CORMICK BUYS WASHINGTON PAPER
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
Any Number Can Play
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
On This Day
The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- John Atta Mills (1944)
- Cat Stevens (1948)
- Rudolph A. Marcus (1923)
- Don Knotts (1924)
- Norman Jewison (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
28,078 days ago
(76 years, 338 days)