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Friday, February 1, 1946
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The Headlines
UNO WILL DISCUSS SOVIET COMPLAINT ON GREECE TODAY; Security Council May Hear More Sharp Words as Polite Old Diplomacy Fades SITE IN U.S. ON AGENDA Americans to Fight Admission of the World Trade Union Group, Excluding AFL
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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
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Tonka Trucks
On This Day
Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
Wikipedia →The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Boris Yeltsin (1931)
- Clark Gable (1901)
- John Ford (1894)
- Langston Hughes (1902)
- Emilio Segrè (1905)
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
29,344 days ago
(80 years, 144 days)