From the day
On the date
Sunday, November 4, 1945
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The Headlines
Toward Unity?; Moves by the Big Three
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)
You Share a Birthday With
- Charles K. Kao (1933)
- Walter Cronkite (1916)
- Joseph Rotblat (1908)
- Will Rogers (1879)
- Thomas Klestil (1932)
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
29,433 days ago
(80 years, 233 days)