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On the date
Monday, October 7, 1946
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The Headlines
DEWEY BIDS BRITAIN OPEN UP PALESTINE TO IMMIGRANTS NOW; Admission of 'Hundreds of Thousands' of Jews Urged at Dinner of United Appeal ISSUE HELD NON-POLITICAL Rabbi S.S. Wise Defends His Stand on Partition--Assails 'Loafers' Who Boo His Plea Satisfied With Truman Plea DEWEY BIDS BRITISH OPEN UP PALESTINE Berates His Hecklers
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Notorious
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Niels Bohr (1885)
- Heinrich Himmler (1900)
- Desmond Tutu (1931)
- Henry A. Wallace (1888)
- Harry Kroto (1939)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
29,096 days ago
(79 years, 261 days)