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Wednesday, April 3, 1946

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The Headlines

BRITAIN WILL PRESS FOR FRENCH TREATY; Statement by Bevin Expected Today--Closer Accord on Ruhr Cited in London

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Oh! What It Seemed to Be

Frank Sinatra

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

  • Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1946

  • It's a Wonderful Life

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 ExpansionThe 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.

Time Elapsed

29,283 days ago

(80 years, 83 days)