From the day
On the date
Friday, October 25, 1946
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The Headlines
Lie Bids U.N. Act on Spain; Calls Her Cause of Mistrust; Asserts Franco's 'Fascist Control' Evokes World Discord--Belgium Will Seek to Throw Case Back to Security Council
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Rumors Are Flying
Frankie Carle and His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes
#1 at the box office
No Leave, No Love
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Picasso (1881)
- Georges Bizet (1838)
- Évariste Galois (1811)
- Johann Strauss II (1825)
- Max Stirner (1806)
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
29,078 days ago
(79 years, 243 days)