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On the date
Thursday, October 31, 1946
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The Headlines
AUSTIN BARS TIFFS; Says Molotov Reveals a Distrust of Nations but U.S. Won't Bicker FOR VETO, WANTS IT CURBED Our Delegate Also Expresses Hope Trusteeship Council Will Be Established
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Rumors Are Flying
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Two Years Before the Mast
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Hokusai (1760)
- John Keats (1795)
- Chiang Kai-shek (1887)
- Johannes Vermeer (1632)
- Norodom Sihanouk (1922)
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
29,072 days ago
(79 years, 237 days)