From the day
On the date
Sunday, December 1, 1946
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The Headlines
FIFTH AVE. PARCELS AND 3D AVE. CORNER IN NEW OWNERSHIPS; CITY AND SUBURBAN PROPERTIES IN NEW OWNERSHIP
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Rumors Are Flying
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Undercurrent
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Georgy Zhukov (1896)
- Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792)
- Hasan ibn Ali (624)
- Bette Midler (1945)
- Louis VI of France (1081)
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
29,041 days ago
(79 years, 206 days)