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On the date
Monday, April 29, 1946
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The Headlines
TRUMAN TO NAME MEMBER OF COURT AS CHIEF JUSTICE; ON WAY TO JOIN THE PRESIDENT
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Prisoner of Love
Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
#1 at the box office
Ziegfeld Follies
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Hirohito (1901)
- Henri Poincaré (1854)
- Alexander II of Russia (1818)
- Duke Ellington (1899)
- Harold Urey (1893)
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
29,257 days ago
(80 years, 57 days)