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Friday, August 23, 1946
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The Headlines
NINE MEN RELEASED; AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON THE MARCH NEAR THE MORGAN LINE IN EUROPE
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To Each His Own
Unknown Artist
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Notorious
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Louis XVI (1754)
- Edgar de Wahl (1867)
- Georges Cuvier (1769)
- Gene Kelly (1912)
- Kenneth Arrow (1921)
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
29,141 days ago
(79 years, 306 days)