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Wednesday, July 24, 1946
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The Headlines
EGYPT, IRAQ URGE PALESTINE CHANGE; Inform United Nations They May Bring Up Subject in the General Assembly Egyptian Minister's View EGYPT, IRAQ URGE PALESTINE CHANGE
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The Gypsy
Dinah Shore
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Simón Bolívar (1783)
- Alexandre Dumas (1802)
- Amelia Earhart (1897)
- Henrik Pontoppidan (1857)
- Robert Graves (1895)
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
29,171 days ago
(79 years, 336 days)