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On the date
Thursday, August 15, 1946
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The Headlines
CREWS QUIT SHIPS IN DRIVE TO HALT TRAFFIC ON LAKES; Strike Begins at 12:01 as Move for Agreement on Hours Fails in Washington BUFFALO PORT PARALYZED 44 Vessels and 1,100 Workers First Idle--Union Cuts Its Demands Drastically
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
To Each His Own
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Night and Day
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Napoleon (1769)
- Walter Scott (1771)
- Louis de Broglie (1892)
- Sri Aurobindo (1872)
- Gerty Cori (1896)
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
29,149 days ago
(79 years, 314 days)