From the day
On the date
Sunday, June 23, 1946
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The Headlines
VETERANS TO GET HOMES IN SEAGATE; Waxman Interests Start Work on 150 Units in Project Costing $2,500,000
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
On This Day
The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Alan Turing (1912)
- Anna Akhmatova (1889)
- Edward VIII (1894)
- Martti Ahtisaari (1937)
- Oda Nobunaga (1534)
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
29,202 days ago
(80 years, 2 days)