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Tuesday, August 13, 1946
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The Headlines
RUSSIAN NOTE ASKS SHARE IN DEFENSE OF TURKISH STRAITS; Proposes That Future Regime for Dardanelles Be Limited to Black Sea Countries ANKARA OPPOSES DEMAND Soviet Thought to Be Seeking Bases--Turkey to Receive Support From Britain Joint Defense Is Sought Bases Asked, Press Says RUSSIAN NOTE ASKS DARDANELLES ROLE Britain to Back Turks Military Base Indicated Acceptable to the British
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To Each His Own
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Night and Day
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Fidel Castro (1926)
- Alfred Hitchcock (1899)
- Frederick Sanger (1918)
- Karl Liebknecht (1871)
- John Logie Baird (1888)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
29,151 days ago
(79 years, 316 days)