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On the date
Wednesday, November 13, 1946
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The Headlines
South Pole as U.S. Bastion Aim of Big Byrd Expedition; SOUTHPOLE BASTION AIM OF BYRD'S TRIP
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
- Augustine of Hippo (354)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850)
- Edward III (1312)
- Garry Marshall (1934)
- Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893)
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
29,059 days ago
(79 years, 224 days)