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Thursday, November 8, 1945
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The Headlines
CHURCHILL, BEVIN BACK U.S. POLICY ON ATOMIC SECRETS; Former Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Rebuff Soviet on the Bomb HAIL TRUMAN'S 12 POINTS United Nations Declared Test and Hope of World in Search of Peace and Prosperity Urges Big Three Harmony For Strong United Nations CHURCHILL, BEVIN BACK U.S. POLICY Gallacher Accuses Churchill
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
- Alain Delon (1935)
- Bram Stoker (1847)
- Margaret Mitchell (1900)
- Edmond Halley (1656)
- Gottlob Frege (1848)
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
29,430 days ago
(80 years, 230 days)