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Friday, November 23, 1945
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The Headlines
AMERICANS ABROAD AND AT HOME MARK THANKSGIVING DAY; Millions of Families Celebrate Their Soldiers' Return as Peace Brightens Holiday FOOD IS ABUNDANT FOR ALL Special Dinners Are Given for Those Still in Service and the Homeless and Needy New Fervor Marks Observance President Goes to Church THANKFUL NATION REJOICES IN PEACE Abundance of Food for All
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
It's Been a Long, Long Time
Harry James and His Orchestra with Kitty Kallen
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
29,415 days ago
(80 years, 215 days)