On the date

Wednesday, August 24, 1949

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The Headlines

President Is Invited To States Rights Hub

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Vic Damone with Glenn Osser’s Orchestra

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1949

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

28,044 days ago

(76 years, 304 days)