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On the date
Saturday, July 20, 1946
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The Headlines
EQUAL RIGHTS FAILS TO GET TWO-THIRDS IN VOTE IN SENATE; Radcliffe and Pepper Lose in Move to Recommit the Amendment to Committee FIRST VOTE IN 23 YEARS Truman Reported in Debate to Favor the Submitting of Proposal to States Says Legislation Is Saved EQUAL RIGHTS TEST LOSES IN SENATE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Prisoner of Love
Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Petrarch (1304)
- Edmund Hillary (1919)
- Gregor Mendel (1822)
- Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864)
- Mahmud II (1789)
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
29,175 days ago
(79 years, 340 days)