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On the date
Thursday, December 12, 1946
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The Headlines
EXPLOSION CRASHES A WALL ONTO 27-FAMILY APARTMENT; ONE DEAD, 4 MISSING, 11 HURT; FIRE CAUSES BLAST Early Morning Blaze in an Unused Ice House Brings Five Alarms INJURED FIREMAN DIES Mother and Three Children Are Trapped at 184th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
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Ole Buttermilk Sky
Kay Kyser and His Orchestra with Michael Douglas and the Campus Kids
#1 at the box office
The Strange Woman
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam (now Thailand) to the United Nations is adopted.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Gustave Flaubert (1821)
- Frank Sinatra (1915)
- Edvard Munch (1863)
- Alfred Werner (1866)
- Connie Francis (1937)
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
29,030 days ago
(79 years, 195 days)