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On the date
Sunday, February 3, 1946
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The Headlines
THAT OLD QUESTION; Mr. Dietz's Thoughts on Film 'Significance' Are Put to a Practical Test
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
Betty Hutton with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809)
- Alvar Aalto (1898)
- Simone Weil (1909)
- Gertrude Stein (1874)
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830)
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
29,342 days ago
(80 years, 142 days)