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On the date
Saturday, September 10, 1949
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The Headlines
POLIO PERIL EASES, SCHOOLS WILL OPEN; Mustard Reassures Parents, but Some Institutions Here May Alter Hours POLIO PERIL EASES, SCHOOLS WILL OPEN
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra
#1 at the box office
Top o' the Morning
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Compton (1892)
- Karl Lagerfeld (1933)
- Pope Julius III (1487)
- Charles Sanders Peirce (1839)
- Georges Bataille (1897)
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
28,027 days ago
(76 years, 287 days)