From the day
On the date
Saturday, July 13, 1946
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The Headlines
World Air Transport Cut By Constellation Grounding; International air transport was slowed down to about half speed yesterday as a result of the Civil Aeronautics Administration order grounding all Lockheed Constellations for thirty days.
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
The Gypsy
Dinah Shore
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- 1841 (1851)
- Harrison Ford (1942)
- Wole Soyinka (1934)
- Patrick Stewart (1940)
- Pope Clement X (1590)
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
29,182 days ago
(79 years, 347 days)