From the day
On the date
Saturday, August 31, 1946
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The Headlines
INTERFERENCE SEEN; Russian Charges West Seeks to Assure Return of King to Athens SCORES U.S. NAVAL MOVES Conference of Paris Agrees to Debate Frontier Issue of Albania and Greece
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
- Maria Montessori (1870)
- Théophile Gautier (1811)
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821)
- Commodus (161)
- Jahangir (1569)
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
29,133 days ago
(79 years, 298 days)