From the day
On the date
Friday, September 20, 1946
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The Headlines
World News Summarized
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 first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed for seven years due to World War II.
Wikipedia →Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Sophia Loren (1934)
- Tarō Asō (1940)
- Upton Sinclair (1878)
- Chulalongkorn (1853)
- Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833)
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
29,113 days ago
(79 years, 278 days)