From the day
On the date
Wednesday, December 4, 1946
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The Headlines
General Strike of 100,000 Ties Up Oakland Industry; AS CITY OF OAKLAND FACED A GENERAL STRIKE YESTERDAY
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
- Francisco Franco (1892)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875)
- Thomas Carlyle (1795)
- Samuel Butler (novelist) (1835)
- Albert Bandura (1925)
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
29,038 days ago
(79 years, 203 days)