From the day
On the date
Friday, August 9, 1946
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The Headlines
CABINET REJECTS WORLD FOOD PLAN; Truman Aides Oppose Board to Control Prices--British May Back This View
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
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Romano Prodi (1939)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
- Leonid Kuchma (1938)
- Tove Jansson (1914)
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
29,155 days ago
(79 years, 320 days)