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On the date

Friday, September 20, 1946

From the day

Memories from that day

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#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 first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed for seven years due to World War II.

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  • Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1946

  • It's a Wonderful Life

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 ExpansionThe 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.

Time Elapsed

29,113 days ago

(79 years, 278 days)