From the day
On the date
Saturday, November 5, 1949
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The Headlines
REVOLT TALK BAN ON 5 REDS SOUGHT; Court Is Asked to Limit Them to 'Personal' Activities -- Plea Follows Tumult in Harlem REVOLT TALK BAN ON 5 REDS SOUGHT
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
- Vivien Leigh (1913)
- William Daniel Phillips (1948)
- Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948)
- Sam Shepard (1943)
- Joe Dassin (1938)
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
27,972 days ago
(76 years, 232 days)