From the day
On the date
Tuesday, February 26, 1946
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The Headlines
DEMOCRAT OFFERS CITY FARE RISE BILL TO AVOID TAX PLAN; Assembly Gets Proposal by Crisona of Queens to Set Up a Transit Authority MOORE FINDINGS UPHELD State Fiscal Officers Find No Justification for Increasing Contributions to City
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Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
Betty Hutton with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Victor Hugo (1802)
- Ariel Sharon (1928)
- Johnny Cash (1932)
- Christopher Marlowe (1564)
- Nadezhda Krupskaya (1861)
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
29,319 days ago
(80 years, 119 days)