From the day
On the date
Wednesday, December 11, 1946
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The Headlines
Record December Heat of 68.8 Makes a Mockery of Fur Coats
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
On This Day
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918)
- Hector Berlioz (1803)
- Robert Koch (1843)
- Max Born (1882)
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
29,031 days ago
(79 years, 196 days)