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Sunday, July 28, 1946
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The Headlines
INVESTORS ACQUIRE REALTY HOLDINGS IN TWO BOROUGHS; Buy W. 45th St. Offices From Fred Brown--Lorrilard Heirs Sell 5th Ave. Corner HOTEL ESPLANADE LEASED West End Ave. Suites in 15Year Rental--OperatorGets Bronx Houses
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Surrender
Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Karl Popper (1902)
- Ludwig Feuerbach (1804)
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929)
- Marcel Duchamp (1887)
- Beatrix Potter (1866)
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
29,167 days ago
(79 years, 332 days)