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On the date
Thursday, September 19, 1946
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The Headlines
TOBIN BIDS UNION END PARCEL STRIKE; Condemns Truck Walkout as Defying International Unit and as Contract Breach
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
To Each His Own
The Ink Spots
#1 at the box office
Notorious
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- William Golding (1911)
- Henry III of France (1551)
- Masatoshi Koshiba (1926)
- Emil Zátopek (1922)
- Lajos Kossuth (1802)
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
29,114 days ago
(79 years, 279 days)