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On the date
Monday, March 11, 1946
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The Headlines
CITY TAX PROGRAM TO YIELD $75,000,000 READY FOR ALBANY; Mayor and His Aides Agree at Two-Hour Conference on Requests to Legislature HIGHER REALTY LEVY SEEN Fight for State Aid Will Be Pushed but Hope Is Gone-- Amusement Tax Dropped Albany Leaders Present CITY TAX PROGRAM READY FOR ALBANY Early Action Forecast
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Oh! What It Seemed to Be
Frankie Carle and His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Harold Wilson (1916)
- Torquato Tasso (1544)
- Rupert Murdoch (1931)
- Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920)
- Urbain Le Verrier (1811)
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
29,306 days ago
(80 years, 106 days)