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On the date
Friday, April 12, 1946
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The Headlines
TRUMAN SAYS U.S. 'SAVES' 7 BILLION; AFTER A YEAR AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Oh! What It Seemed to Be
Frank Sinatra
#1 at the box office
Saratoga Trunk
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Jacob Zuma (1942)
- Montserrat Caballé (1933)
- Jan Tinbergen (1903)
- Alexander Ostrovsky (1823)
- Christian IV of Denmark (1577)
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
29,274 days ago
(80 years, 74 days)