From the day
On the date
Friday, July 6, 1945
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The Headlines
CAB (Grants 3 Airlines the Right To Operate Routes Over Atlantic; ATLANTIC ROUTES GIVEN 3 AIR LINES One-line System is Ended Big Domestic Fleet Expected Many Services Are Planned
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Sentimental Journey
Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- Frida Kahlo (1907)
- 14th Dalai Lama (1935)
- Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940)
- Nancy Reagan (1921)
- Nicholas I of Russia (1796)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
29,554 days ago
(80 years, 354 days)