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On the date
Wednesday, October 12, 1949
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The Headlines
Lewis Will Spurn Any Coal Board Except One Set Up Under Taft Law; LEWIS WILL SPURN STEEL TYPE BOARD
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
That Lucky Old Sun
Frankie Laine with Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires, Harry Geller and His Orchestra, and Carl Fischer
#1 at the box office
Father Was a Fullback
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935)
- Eugenio Montale (1896)
- Edward VI (1537)
- Pedro I of Brazil (1798)
- Ramsay MacDonald (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
27,995 days ago
(76 years, 255 days)