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August 29, 1949

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Headlines from August 29, 1949

5-Day Week on Rails on Thursday Means Drastic Changes for Roads; 5-Day Week on Rails on Thursday Means Drastic Changes for Roads

By Austin Stevens

One million employes of the nation's railroads will shift on Thursday from a forty-eight-hour to a forty-hour, five-day work week and at the same time will receive a wage increase of seven cents an hour. The new work schedule that has been evolved will be accompanied by significant internal changes in the rail industry affecting particularly its finances and to some degree its service.

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Notable Births

Stan Hansen

1949Stan Hansen, American wrestler and actor[†]

John Stanley Hansen II, best known as Stan "the Lariat" Hansen, is an American retired professional wrestler.

1949Darnell Hillman, American basketball player[†]

Darnell "Dr. Dunk" Hillman is an American former professional basketball player.

Historical Events

Soviet atomic bomb project

1949Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.[†]

The Soviet atomic bomb project was authorized by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union to develop nuclear weapons during and after World War II.