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Monday, July 22, 1946

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The Headlines

NEW DRIVES BEGUN IN YANGTZE VALLEY TO DESTROY REDS; Hostilities Reach Peak as the Communists Are Partly Encircled in Pocket 'LONG MARCH' IS RECALLED Government Has Embarked on Major Campaigns to Clear Five Railway Arteries

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

The Gypsy

Dinah Shore

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

  • King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Gi

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Bobby Soxer

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Catchphrases of 1946

  • It's a Wonderful Life

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 ExpansionThe 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.

Time Elapsed

29,173 days ago

(79 years, 338 days)