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Wednesday, June 5, 1946

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The Headlines

BEVIN SAYS RUSSIA SEEKS WORLD BUILT ON HER OWN MODEL; Tells Commons Soviet Thinks It Alone Is Democratic and Represents Workers HOPE PINNED ON U.S. PLAN Moscow Urged to Reconsider 4-Power Pact--Alternative on Peace Threatened

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

The Gypsy

Dinah Shore

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

  • A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1946

  • It's a Wonderful Life

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 ExpansionThe 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.

Time Elapsed

29,220 days ago

(80 years, 20 days)