On the date

Thursday, November 24, 1949

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The Headlines

Feldman Acquitted as Wife Slayer In Third Trial After 2 Convictions; FELDMAN IS FREED AT HIS THIRD TRIAL

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Frankie Laine and the Muleskinners

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1949

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

27,952 days ago

(76 years, 212 days)