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Thursday, December 27, 1945
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The Headlines
Truman Picks La Guardia as Aide To Attend Brazilian Inauguration; LAGUARDIA TO VIEW BRAZIL INAUGURAL
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Chickery Chick
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Nancy Norman, Billy Williams and the Kaye Choir
#1 at the box office
The Bells of St. Mary's
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
On This Day
The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Pasteur (1822)
- Marlene Dietrich (1901)
- Johannes Kepler (1571)
- Ghalib (1797)
- Larisa Latynina (1934)
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
29,380 days ago
(80 years, 180 days)