From the day
On the date
Saturday, September 21, 1946
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The Headlines
U.S. WILL RECALL TROOPS IN ICELAND; But Will Run Airfields With Civilians by Accord Subject to Parliament Ratification
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
You Share a Birthday With
- H. G. Wells (1866)
- Kwame Nkrumah (1909)
- Leonard Cohen (1934)
- Abdul Hamid II (1842)
- Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853)
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
29,112 days ago
(79 years, 277 days)