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On the date
Friday, October 4, 1946
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The Headlines
BIG FOUR ASK CURB ON TREATY DEBATE; Propose Limit of 30 Minutes in Discussions at Plenary Peace Conference Session BIG FOUR ASK CURB ON TREATY DEBATE Soviet to Question Votes Trieste Impasse Conceded
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
To Each His Own
Eddy Howard and His Orchestra with Eddy Howard and Trio
#1 at the box office
Notorious
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1822)
- Susan Sarandon (1946)
- Buster Keaton (1895)
- Charlton Heston (1923)
- Vitaly Ginzburg (1916)
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
29,099 days ago
(79 years, 264 days)