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Thursday, January 17, 1946
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The Headlines
IRAN WILL PRESENT ISSUE WITH RUSSIA TO UNO FOR ACTION; BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE UNO CONFERENCE IN LONDON
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I Can't Begin to Tell You
Bing Crosby with Carmen Cavallaro
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
The UN Security Council holds its first session.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Franklin (1706)
- Muhammad Ali (1942)
- David Lloyd George (1863)
- Anne Brontë (1820)
- Al Capone (1899)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
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
29,359 days ago
(80 years, 159 days)