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On the date
Tuesday, November 8, 1949
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The Headlines
LEHMAN IS FAVORED; O'Dwyer Also Is Viewed as Having Edge Over Morris for Mayor POLLS OPEN 6 A. M.-7 P. M. City Ballot Is Likely to Top Up-State Total -- Survey in Albany Cheers Democrats 5,000,000 TO VOTE IN THE STATE TODAY
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
- Alain Delon (1935)
- Bram Stoker (1847)
- Margaret Mitchell (1900)
- Edmond Halley (1656)
- Gottlob Frege (1848)
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
27,968 days ago
(76 years, 228 days)