From the day
On the date
Sunday, December 30, 1945
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The Headlines
WHIRL WIND FINISH KEEPS MAYOR BUSY; The Mayor Was a Busy Man Yesterday as His Twelve Years in Office Neared an End
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Symphony
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra with Clyde Rogers
#1 at the box office
The Bells of St. Mary's
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- Rudyard Kipling (1865)
- Tu Youyou (1930)
- Hideki Tojo (1884)
- Omar Bongo (1935)
- Theodor Fontane (1819)
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
29,377 days ago
(80 years, 177 days)