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The trends of culture, contribution to the year 1949 in. A record of the march of events of 1948 walter yust on. John armitage 19101980 was the british editor of encyclop. A record of the march of events of 1949 editors of encyclopedia britannica on. A baseball icon, his number was retired across mlb in 1997. Thomas erdelyi, american drummer, songwriter, and record producer born jan. Britannica book of the year in antiquarian and collectable books for.
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Publication date 1950 topics generalities, general reference works encyclopaedias publisher encyclopaedia britannica limited. Mar 5 bradman plays his last innings in 1stclass cricket, gets 30. Radar signals bouncing off the moon were detected for the first time. As 1950 moves in it brings to the halfway mark the 20th century.
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