From the day
On the date
Wednesday, April 17, 1946
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The Headlines
Refusal to Stop Case Based On Soviet Pressure on Iran; U.S. Reluctant to Air Reports but Blocks Quashing of Complaint Because Russia Forced Teheran Request to Drop Suit
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
On This Day
The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916)
- J. P. Morgan (1837)
- William Holden (1918)
- Thornton Wilder (1897)
- Alain Poher (1909)
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
29,269 days ago
(80 years, 69 days)