From the day
On the date
Monday, January 14, 1946
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The Headlines
CONTINGENT ON GM; 19 Cents-Hour Increase Acceptable if Company Revises Its Stand UNION APPEALS TO TRUMAN Tells President Auto Officials Must Decide or UAW Will Return to 30% Demand
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
I Can't Begin to Tell You
Bing Crosby with Carmen Cavallaro
#1 at the box office
The Bells of St. Mary's
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- 1949 (1849)
- Albert Schweitzer (1875)
- Yukio Mishima (1925)
- Giulio Andreotti (1919)
- Mehmed VI (1861)
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
29,362 days ago
(80 years, 162 days)