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Tuesday, March 19, 1946
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The Headlines
CITY TAX CHANGES SPEED FARE POLL, HALVE HOTEL LEVY; Term of O'Dwyer Bills Cut to 2 Years, Forcing an Earlier Decision on Transit TRANSIENTS BEAR IMPOSTS Hostelry Rate, Reduced to 5% at Albany, Exempts Permanent Guests
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Oh! What It Seemed to Be
Frank Sinatra
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
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You Share a Birthday With
- David Livingstone (1813)
- Adolf Eichmann (1906)
- Philip Roth (1933)
- Mario Monti (1943)
- Albert Speer (1905)
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
29,298 days ago
(80 years, 98 days)