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Thursday, April 4, 1946
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The Headlines
MAYOR SET TO CURB GAMBLING INVASION; SHAKE-UP IN POLICE; Enforcement Agencies Called to Outline Plans Today to Fight 'Open City' Rumor SHIFTS IN HARLEM MADE Detective Chiefs Ordered to Submit Lists for Promotion --Younger Men Pushed
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Oh! What It Seemed to Be
Frank Sinatra
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
Greek judge and archeologist Panagiotis Poulitsas is appointed Prime Minister of Greece in the midst of the Greek Civil War.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Maya Angelou (1928)
- Andrei Tarkovsky (1932)
- Caracalla (188)
- Marguerite Duras (1914)
- Isoroku Yamamoto (1884)
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
29,282 days ago
(80 years, 82 days)