From the day
On the date
Monday, November 5, 1945
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The Headlines
NATION IS WATCHING O'DWYER VOTE HERE AS CLUE TO '46, '48; Plurality of 500,000 or More Would Be Hailed as Omen of Dewey Loss Next Year CANDIDATES BUSY TODAY Detroit and Boston Contests Also Arouse Interest-- Other City Elections Aide Predicts Clean Sweep Opponents Voice Confidence NATION WATCHING FOR O'DWYER VOTE Detroit and Boston Contests
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Till the End of Time
Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
On This Day
The three-day anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania commence.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Vivien Leigh (1913)
- Sam Shepard (1943)
- Joe Dassin (1938)
- Art Garfunkel (1941)
- Douglass North (1920)
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
29,432 days ago
(80 years, 232 days)