From the day
On the date
Thursday, September 22, 1949
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The Headlines
Wildcat Strikes Hit Steel; 5,300 Quit in Three Plants; Walkouts Threaten to Spread Into a Revolt Against Truman Request for Extension of Truce -- Union Acts to Quell Move 5,300 OUT IN STEEL IN WILDCAT STRIKES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
You're Breaking My Heart
Vic Damone with Glenn Osser's Orchestra
#1 at the box office
I Was a Male War Bride
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Michael Faraday (1791)
- Wilhelm Keitel (1882)
- Peter Simon Pallas (1741)
- Anne of Cleves (1515)
- Junko Tabei (1939)
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
28,015 days ago
(76 years, 275 days)