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Friday, February 15, 1946

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The Headlines

LIBERAL IS HUNTED FOR ICKES' POST; O'MAHONEY IN LEAD; Truman Talks to Westerners in Congress for a Speedy Choice to Ease Dispute PAULEY FIGHT UNCHANGED Democrats Reported Pushing Withdrawal Drive--Senate Group Will Hear Fortas

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#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

On This Day

  • ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1946

  • It's a Wonderful Life

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 ExpansionThe 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.

Time Elapsed

29,330 days ago

(80 years, 130 days)