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1949-05-22-696TheChampionAndTheSet-up.mp3

The Jack Benny Program, Episode 696

The Champion and the Set-Up

Sunday, May 22, 1949 · 29:30

The Jack Benny Program, Episode 696

The Champion and the Set-Up

Sunday, May 22, 1949 · 29:30

The Forties

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Victory & After

1945–1949: relief, noir, new nerves.

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That night in history

Headlines

  • 1949 — Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • 1949 — In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.

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