From the day
On the date
Monday, December 9, 1946
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The Headlines
RATIONING GOES ON; Order Eases It Slightly but Keeps Preference for Vital Services HIGH COURT ACTION IS DUE Decision Is Possible Today on Whether to Take Direct Appeal in Coal Case High Court May Act Today Adequate Supplies" Awaited COAL RATIONING ORDERED TO GO ON Vinson Conference Cited
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
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
29,033 days ago
(79 years, 198 days)