From the day
On the date
Saturday, July 27, 1946
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The Headlines
Measure for Reorganizing Congress Sent to Truman; Senate Votes House Bill for Most Sweeping Revision in Generations and a $2,500 Pay Rise With Expenses of Like Amount
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
- Giosuè Carducci (1835)
- Alexandre Dumas fils (1824)
- Jean Baudrillard (1929)
- Murad IV (1612)
- Hans Fischer (1881)
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
29,168 days ago
(79 years, 333 days)