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On the date
Thursday, January 24, 1946
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The Headlines
Trainmen Threaten Strike Halting Nation's Railroads; Strike Ballots Being Printed and 215,000 May Quit Jobs Within 3 Weeks--Pay Is Chief Issue--Engineers Join Move
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Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra with Vaughn Monroe and the Norton Sisters
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Frederick the Great (1712)
- Joachim Gauck (1940)
- Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais (1732)
- E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776)
- Edith Wharton (1862)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
29,353 days ago
(80 years, 153 days)