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Saturday, February 9, 1946
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The Headlines
Bible Scholars Translate The New Testament Again; Revised Standard Version With Language Simplified to Be Published Monday --Many Changes Noted
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
- William Henry Harrison (1773)
- Thomas Paine (1737)
- J. M. Coetzee (1940)
- Alice Walker (1944)
- Joseph Stiglitz (1943)
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
29,336 days ago
(80 years, 136 days)