From the day
On the date
Sunday, October 14, 1945
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The Headlines
BUILDERS ACQUIRE OLD QUEENS FARM; $2,000,000 Home Community Is Planned for Final 18 Acres of Wyckoff Holdings
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Till the End of Time
Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
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
Meanwhile
- Post-WWII Expansion — The 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.
Time Elapsed
29,454 days ago
(80 years, 254 days)