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Wednesday, December 26, 1945

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The Headlines

600 IN U.S. MISSION WILL GO TO GREECE; 100 Civil-Army Teams Slated to Watch March 31 Election, With British and French 600 IN U.S. MISSION WILL GO TO GREECE Secretary-General Selected Greeks to Elect an Assembly

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Chickery Chick

Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Nancy Norman, Billy Williams and the Kaye Choir

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

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

29,381 days ago

(80 years, 181 days)