From the day
On the date
Friday, November 9, 1945
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The Headlines
World Trade Body to Fight Cartels If We Advance Loan, British Agree; World Trade Body to Fight Cartels If We Advance Loan, British Agree
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)
On This Day
Soo Bahk Do and Moo Duk Kwan martial arts are founded in Korea.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Ivan Turgenev (1818)
- Carl Sagan (1934)
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877)
- Edward VII (1841)
- Imre Kertész (1929)
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
29,428 days ago
(80 years, 228 days)