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On the date

Wednesday, December 5, 1945

From the day

Memories from that day

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

It's Been a Long, Long Time

Bing Crosby with Les Paul and His Trio

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

  • Flight 19, a group of TBF Avengers, disappears in the Bermuda Triangle.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1945

  • Who's on first?

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 ExpansionThe 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.

Time Elapsed

29,402 days ago

(80 years, 202 days)