From the day
On the date
Wednesday, January 16, 1946
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The Headlines
Truman for Sole U.S. Trust On Vital Isles Won in Pacific; Joint Rule on Others Seized From Japan Sought, Also Under UNO Aegis--Senate Fight Looms Over Veto Tie-In
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
- Susan Sontag (1933)
- Fulgencio Batista (1901)
- Johannes Rau (1931)
- Dian Fossey (1932)
- Vittorio Alfieri (1749)
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
29,360 days ago
(80 years, 160 days)