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On the date
Wednesday, July 31, 1946
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The Headlines
FAVOR 5-YEAR BONDS AS FINAL LEAVE PAY; Conferees Agree on Provision That Securities Be Used for Insurance Payments Acceptable to Truman FOR 5-YEAR BONDS AS FINAL LEAVE PAY Conference Plan Explained
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
- Milton Friedman (1912)
- Louis de Funès (1914)
- Primo Levi (1919)
- Premchand (1880)
- Friedrich Wöhler (1800)
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
29,164 days ago
(79 years, 329 days)