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On the date
Sunday, June 16, 1946
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The Headlines
STEPHENS' HOMER DOWNS YANKS, 6-3; Four-Run Blow in Ninth Wins for Browns After Losers Go Ahead in Same Frame Runs Into Trouble STEPHENS' HOMER DOWNS YANKS, 6-3 Draw Even in Fifth Scoreless String Ends
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
The Gypsy
Dinah Shore
#1 at the box office
Two Sisters from Boston
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Adam Smith (1723)
- Barbara McClintock (1902)
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1929)
- Gustaf V (1858)
- Mohammad Mosaddegh (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
29,209 days ago
(80 years, 9 days)