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Saturday, October 29, 1949
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The Headlines
JOHNSON PROHIBITS CHANGES IN ROLES OF ARMED FORCES; Key West Agreement Reached in 1948 Still Prevails, He Tells Three Secretaries MATTHEWS, DENFELD TALK Deposed Navy Chief Is Offered Choice of New Assignments -- Vinson Plans Inquiry CHANGES IN ROLES OF FORCES BARRED
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
- Joseph Goebbels (1897)
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938)
- Franz von Papen (1879)
- Richard Dreyfuss (1947)
- Baruj Benacerraf (1920)
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
27,978 days ago
(76 years, 238 days)