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On the date
Monday, May 20, 1946
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The Headlines
SECRET BIG 4 'DEAL' ON ITALY REPORTED; British Said to Get Control of Trade in Return for Free Soviet Rule in Balkans
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
- Honoré de Balzac (1799)
- John Stuart Mill (1806)
- Cher (1946)
- Sigrid Undset (1882)
- José Mujica (1935)
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
29,236 days ago
(80 years, 36 days)