From the day
On the date
Friday, August 2, 1946
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The Headlines
FRONTIER PLAN HIT; Kardelj Says Proposals in Pact Give Italians Unjust Advantages MAJOR POWERS ASSAILED Netherlander Bars Policies of 'Intimidation, Egotism and Intolerance' in Parley
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Surrender
Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
#1 at the box office
Night and Day/Anna and the King of Siam
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Shimon Peres (1923)
- Peter O'Toole (1932)
- Isabel Allende (1942)
- James Baldwin (1924)
- Jorge Rafael Videla (1925)
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
29,162 days ago
(79 years, 327 days)