From the day
On the date
Friday, January 11, 1946
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The Headlines
Delegates Welcome Copies of The Times
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
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- William James (1842)
- Alexander Hamilton (1755)
- Theodosius I (347)
- Albert Hofmann (1906)
- Jean Chrétien (1934)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
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
29,365 days ago
(80 years, 165 days)