From the day
On the date
Sunday, August 25, 1946
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The Headlines
Tito Says U.S. Airmen Spy On Army in Venezia Giulia; Charges Purpose of Flights Over Area Is Reconnaissance--Victims of Aug. 19 Crash Are Found in Common Grave
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
To Each His Own
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra with Stuart Wade
#1 at the box office
Notorious
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Sean Connery (1930)
- Ivan the Terrible (1530)
- Johann Gottfried Herder (1744)
- Erich Honecker (1912)
- Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911)
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
29,140 days ago
(79 years, 305 days)