From the day
On the date
Monday, December 2, 1946
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The Headlines
Dwindling Stocks of Coal Prompt Parley Here Today; Mayor to Confer With Emergency Group to Decide if More Drastic Cuts in Power Must Be Made Before Christmas CITY PARLEY TODAY ON DWINDLING COAL
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
- Maria Callas (1923)
- Pedro II of Brazil (1825)
- Georges Seurat (1859)
- Otto Dix (1891)
- Gary Becker (1930)
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)