From the day
On the date
Tuesday, August 6, 1946
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The Headlines
WORLD BODY ASKED BY U.S. CHURCHMEN; They Would 'Counterbalance' Power Politics--Suggestion Splits Parley in England
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
To Each His Own
Eddy Howard and His Orchestra with Eddy Howard and Trio
#1 at the box office
Night and Day/Anna and the King of Siam
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Andy Warhol (1928)
- Alexander Fleming (1881)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
- Lucille Ball (1911)
- Robert Mitchum (1917)
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
29,159 days ago
(79 years, 324 days)