From the day
On the date
Tuesday, September 3, 1946
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The Headlines
NELSON BARES PLOT IN 1943 TO OUST HIM; Former WPB Head Names Army, Navy and Byrnes in Move to Put Baruch In
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
- Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936)
- Carl David Anderson (1905)
- Urho Kekkonen (1900)
- Eduardo Galeano (1940)
- Ferdinand Porsche (1875)
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
29,131 days ago
(79 years, 296 days)