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Friday, December 20, 1946
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The Headlines
CHARGE BILBO GOT DRUG ADDICT'S FEE PROLONGS HEARING; THE SENATOR FROM MISSISSIPPI TAKES THE STAND
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
Till the Clouds Roll By
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
It's a Wonderful Life premieres at the Globe Theatre in New York to mixed reviews.
Wikipedia →An earthquake in Nankaidō, Japan causes a tsunami which kills at least one thousand people and destroys 36,000 homes.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Kim Young-sam (1927)
- Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890)
- John III of Sweden (1537)
- Ferdinand Buisson (1841)
- David Bohm (1917)
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
29,022 days ago
(79 years, 187 days)