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On the date
Wednesday, August 7, 1946
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The Headlines
CHINA REDS CHARGE NEW CHIANG DRIVE; Government Forces' Advance in Jehol Province Said to Be Aimed at the Capital
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
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On This Day
The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Elinor Ostrom (1933)
- Mata Hari (1876)
- Constantius II (317)
- Ralph Bunche (1904)
- Abebe Bikila (1932)
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
29,157 days ago
(79 years, 322 days)