From the day
On the date
Monday, January 28, 1946
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The Headlines
SOVIET ORGAN HITS NEW CARDINAL LIST; Assailing Spellman by Name, Izvestia Terms Appointments a Vatican Political Move
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
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
You Share a Birthday With
- Jackson Pollock (1912)
- José Martí (1853)
- Colette (1873)
- Ismail Kadare (1936)
- Henry VII of England (1457)
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
29,348 days ago
(80 years, 148 days)