From the day
On the date
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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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.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Marlon Brando (1924)
- Helmut Kohl (1930)
- Jane Goodall (1934)
- Washington Irving (1783)
- Doris Day (1922)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Gi
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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
29,283 days ago
(80 years, 83 days)