From the day
On the date
Tuesday, December 17, 1946
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The Headlines
Left-Wing CIO Office Union To 'Discipline' Communists; Changes Up to Leaders UNION COMMUNISTS FACE 'DISCIPLINE' Forbids Control by Cliques Enforcement to Be Studied
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
The Old Lamp-Lighter
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams
#1 at the box office
The Strange Woman
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Francis (1936)
- Humphry Davy (1778)
- Muhammadu Buhari (1942)
- Willard Libby (1908)
- Joseph Henry (1797)
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
29,025 days ago
(79 years, 190 days)