From the day
On the date
Sunday, December 8, 1946
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The Headlines
RUSH TO PITS DUE; Miners, Eager for Yule Cash, Expected Back on the Job Promptly LAYOFFS WILL END Eaton, Linked to Lewis Decision, Hails Him as 'Brilliant Leader'
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Ole Buttermilk Sky
Kay Kyser and His Orchestra with Michael Douglas and the Campus Kids
#1 at the box office
Undercurrent
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Jim Morrison (1943)
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1542)
- Jean Sibelius (1865)
- Diego Rivera (1886)
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
29,034 days ago
(79 years, 199 days)