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On the date
Friday, September 6, 1946
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The Headlines
21 Die in Crash of Chartered Plane; Child, 2, Is Only Survivor in Nevada; THE LONE SURVIVOR OF A PLANE CRASH Violation Charged by CAA
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To Each His Own
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra with Stuart Wade
#1 at the box office
Notorious/ Monsieur Beaucaire
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
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You Share a Birthday With
- John Dalton (1766)
- Jane Addams (1860)
- Edward Appleton (1892)
- Roger Waters (1943)
- Emir Abdelkader (1808)
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
29,127 days ago
(79 years, 292 days)