From the day
On the date
Sunday, April 21, 1946
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The Headlines
World News Summarized
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
I'm a Big Girl Now
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Betty Barclay
#1 at the box office
Dragonwyck
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
The U.S. Weather Bureau records that a tornado which struck Timber Lake, South Dakota was 4 miles (6.4 km), among the widest tornadoes on record.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Elizabeth II (1926)
- Max Weber (1864)
- Charlotte Brontë (1816)
- Anthony Quinn (1915)
- Percy Williams Bridgman (1882)
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
29,266 days ago
(80 years, 66 days)