From the day
On the date
Tuesday, March 5, 1946
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The Headlines
FRANCO TIES BARED; U.S. Reveals He Wanted to Grab an Empire for Stab in Allies' Back GIBRALTAR BLOW SET Falange Refueled Nazi Ships--Hitler Berated 'Friend's' Cowardice Franco Stigmatizes Spain 3 POWERS DEMAND OUSTER OF FRANCO Planned to Take Gibraltar Franco Needs Nazis as Crutch
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Personality
Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
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
29,313 days ago
(80 years, 113 days)