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Tuesday, September 17, 1946
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The Headlines
GROMYKO ASKS U.N. TO CONDEMN GREECE FOR 'PERSECUTION'; Russian Moves to Accuse the 'Monarchists' of Abusing Minorities, Imperiling Peace DUTCH RIDICULE CHARGES Van Kleffens Asks Committees Be Named to Screen Charges Before Council Hears Them
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To Each His Own
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Notorious
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Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Bernhard Riemann (1826)
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857)
- Pope Paul V (1550)
- Anne Bancroft (1931)
- Marquis de Condorcet (1743)
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
29,116 days ago
(79 years, 281 days)