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Sunday, June 30, 1946
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The Headlines
THE FINANCIAL WEEK; Stock Market Recovers After Compromise on Price Control Bill-Prices Lower on the Month
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
The Gypsy
The Ink Spots
#1 at the box office
Smoky
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Czesław Miłosz (1911)
- Walter Ulbricht (1893)
- Charles VIII of France (1470)
- Paul Berg (1926)
- Susan Hayward (1917)
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
29,195 days ago
(79 years, 360 days)