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On the date
Thursday, March 21, 1946
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The Headlines
Hope Is Seen That Russia Can Supply UNRRA Wheat; THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF UNRRA GRAIN REACHES VIENNA
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Oh! What It Seemed to Be
Frank Sinatra
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in professional American football since 1933.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685)
- Joseph Fourier (1768)
- Modest Mussorgsky (1839)
- Benito Juárez (1806)
- Timothy Dalton (1946)
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
29,297 days ago
(80 years, 97 days)