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On the date
Monday, September 2, 1946
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The Headlines
Philippines Starts Drive Against Armed Peasants; PHILIPPINES DRIVES ON ARMED REBELS
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
On This Day
The Interim Government of India is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as vice president with the powers of a Prime Minister.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
- Frederick Soddy (1877)
- Liliʻuokalani (1838)
- Arthur Ashkin (1922)
- Bill Shankly (1913)
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
29,132 days ago
(79 years, 297 days)