From the day
On the date
Sunday, January 6, 1946
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The Headlines
FUNDS SEEN READY FOR NEW HOUSING; Banks and Other Agencies That Lend on Homes Say 6 Billion Yearly Will Be Available NATIONAL MARKET LACKING Prefabricated Houses, Opposed by Unions, May Be Short Cut in Labor Shortage
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Symphony
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra with Clyde Rogers
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Joan of Arc (1412)
- Kahlil Gibran (1883)
- Kim Dae-jung (1924)
- Carl Sandburg (1878)
- Adriano Celentano (1938)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Gi
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Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Mobile Car Phones, Tupperware & Bikini.
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
29,370 days ago
(80 years, 170 days)