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Friday, April 5, 1946
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The Headlines
Army-Navy Bill Provides One Secretary, 3 Services; TRUMAN GETS PLAN UNITING ARMY,NAVY
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
Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
Wikipedia →A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Thomas Hobbes (1588)
- Bette Davis (1908)
- Gregory Peck (1916)
- Pope Urban VIII (1568)
- Spencer Tracy (1900)
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)