From the day
On the date
Monday, November 18, 1946
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The Headlines
BOARD PLEDGES CIO TO U.S ALLEGIANCE, SCORNS COMMUNISM; Declaration of Policy Will Go Before Convention--Bars 'Undermining Elements' ALL PARTIES ARE WARNED Statement Scores Oppression, Asks 4 Freedoms 'Everywhere' --New Wage Demands Due
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Rumors Are Flying
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Margie
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Margaret Atwood (1939)
- Louis Daguerre (1787)
- Carl Maria von Weber (1786)
- Patrick Blackett (1897)
- Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945)
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
29,055 days ago
(79 years, 220 days)