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WHAT A
YEAR IT WAS! 1949 is a
nostalgic, informative,
entertaining, sometimes
tongue-in-cheek look
back at the headline
news and human interest
events of that year. In
the first televised
inauguration, Harry S.
Truman is sworn in as
the 33rd President of
the U.S., Russia
detonates its first
atomic bomb, the Berlin
Airlift brings food
relief and Marshall Tito
breaks ranks with the
Soviets. Chiang
Kai-shek's government
collapses, Mao Tse-tung
takes power and little
Kathy Fiscus captures
the nation's heart as
valiant attempts are
made to rescue her from
an abandoned well. "All
The King's Men" receives
best picture Oscar,
Arthur Miller's "Death
of a Salesman" is first
play to win all three
top drama awards
including the Pulitzer,
"South Pacific" is best
musical, radio fans tune
into "Dragnet" and
"Father Knows Best" and
women's Roller Derby
hits TV. John Wayne and
Gary Cooper are major
box-office draws,
Montgomery Clift and
Kirk Douglas are
destined for future
stardom, Nat "King" Cole
sings "Mona Lisa" and
Gene Autry records
"Rudolph The Red-Nosed
Reindeer." The baby boom
continues with Jeff
Bridges, Meryl Streep
and Richard Gere joining
the diaper brigade born
along with rockers of
tomorrow Bruce
Springsteen and Lionel
Richie. Silly Putty and
training wheels are
invented, consumers
shell out $.05 for a cup
of coffee or a Coke,
housewives try new
automatic toasters, cake
mixes, Sara Lee
cheesecake and Walt
Kelly's "Pogo" makes its
newspaper debut. England
ends candy rationing and
"beefcake" and "pyramid
club" creep into the
American vocabulary. The
Yankees beat the Dodgers
4-1 winning their 12th
World Series, Boston Red
Sox signs Ted Williams
for $100,000 making him
highest paid player in
baseball, the NBA is
created and Ezzard
Charles is the new World
Heavyweight Boxing
Champion. What about
you? Where were you in
1949? Was that the year
you were born or got
married, graduated high
school or college or
started your own
business? Whatever
personal meaning that
year holds for you, WHAT
A YEAR IT WAS! 1949 will
bring a wistful smile to
your face as you relive
that very special time.
1949 What A Year It Was!
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