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Sunday, May 19, 1946
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The Headlines
NEW ORLEANS OPENS TRADE MART DRIVE; Manager Says Project's Aim Is to Make City Port of Entry for Latin-American Goods
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
The Gypsy
The Ink Spots
#1 at the box office
The Blue Dahlia
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)
- Ho Chi Minh (1890)
- Malcolm X (1925)
- Pol Pot (1925)
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
29,237 days ago
(80 years, 37 days)