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On the date
Thursday, July 28, 1949
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The Headlines
Mrs. Roosevelt Tells Cardinal She Must Speak Out on Issues; MRS. F.D. ROOSEVELT ANSWERS CARDINAL
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Some Enchanted Evening
Perry Como with Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres
#1 at the box office
Look for the Silver Lining
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Karl Popper (1902)
- Ludwig Feuerbach (1804)
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929)
- Marcel Duchamp (1887)
- Beatrix Potter (1866)
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
28,071 days ago
(76 years, 331 days)