Have a wonderful Birthday Byteman!!
Saturday, August 20, 1949
Top News Headlines This Week:
Aug 20 - 78,382 watch the White Sox play the Indians at Cleveland Aug 20 - Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution Aug 21 - Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #3654 Aug 21 - K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #7449 Aug 21 - Phila fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped Aug 21 - line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners
Top Songs for 1949
Some Enchanted Evening by Perry Como That Lucky Old Sun by Frankie Laine
Mule Train by Frankie Laine Slippin' Around by Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
Cruising Down the River by Blue Barron (also Russ Morgan) Riders In the Sky by Vaughn Monroe
Forever and Ever by Russ Morgan A Little Bird Told Me by Evelyn Knight
You're Breaking My Heart by Vic Damone A You're Adorable by Perry Como
1949 Prices US President
Bread: $0.14/loaf Harry S. Truman
Milk: $0.84/gal US Vice President
Eggs: $0.68/doz Alben W. Barkley
Car: $1,650 Academy Award Winners
Gas: $0.27/gal Best Picture: All The King's Men
Produced By Columbia
Best Actor: Broderick Crawford
in All The King's Men
Best Actress: Olivia De Havilland
in The Heiress
House: $14,300
Stamp: $0.03/ea
Avg Income: $3,569/yr
Min Wage: $0.40/hr
DOW Avg: 200
People born on August 20
1921 - Jacqueline Susann Phila Pa, author (Valley of the Dolls)
1942 - Isaac Hayes composer (Shaft)
1944 - Graig Nettles 3rd baseman (NY Yankees, SD Padres, Cleve Indians)
1946 - Connie Chung TV newscaster (NBC, CBS)
Hot New Toys in 1949
Candy Land Legos Silly Putty
Top Books in 1949
King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry 1984 by George Orwell
The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles