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Wednesday, October 26, 1949
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The Headlines
JOHNSON IS SILENT ON DEFENSE SHIFTS; VISITS PRESIDENT; Secretary Cautions Reporters His Words Do Not Support 'Story of a Shake-Up' JOINT CHIEFS IN MEETING Bradley Calls It Harmonious -- Baruch Urges Unification, but With Rule of Wisdom JOHNSON IS SILENT ON DEFENSE SHIFTS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
That Lucky Old Sun
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Jolson Sings Again †
The must-have
LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)
You Share a Birthday With
- Hillary Clinton (1947)
- François Mitterrand (1916)
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919)
- Georges Danton (1759)
- Bob Hoskins (1942)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
27,981 days ago
(76 years, 241 days)