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World Events
U.S. Events
- Selective Service Act signed.
Background: conscription
- The first Social Security benefit checks are paid out (Jan 30).
- The Pennsylvania Turnpike opens. It is the first multilane U.S. superhighway. The first Los Angeles freeway opens.
- The first McDonald's hamburger stand opens in Pasadena, Calif.
Economics
Federal spending: $9.47 billion
Federal debt: $50.7 billion
Consumer Price Index: 14
Unemployment: 14.6%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.03
Sports
World SeriesCincinnati d. Detroit (4-3)Stanley CupNY Rangers d. Toronto (4-2)WimbledonWomen: Not held (World War II)
Men: Not held (World War II)Kentucky Derby ChampionGallahadionNCAA Basketball ChampionshipIndiana d. Kansas (60-42)NCAA Football ChampionsMinnesota (8-0-0)
Entertainment
Entertainment Awards
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
Drama: The Time of Your Life, William Saroyan Oscars awarded in 1940
Academy Award, Best Picture: Gone With the Wind (Selznick International Pictures; MGM) Miss America: Frances Marie Burke (PA) More Entertainment Awards...
Events- CBS demonstrates color television in New York.
- WNBT, the first regularly operating television station, debuts in New York with an estimated 10,000 viewers.
- It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman! The radio show debuts.
- The first Bugs Bunny cartoon.
Science
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