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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

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Symphony

Freddy Martin and His Orchestra with Clyde Rogers

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

29,377 days ago

(80 years, 177 days)