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On the date

Wednesday, December 25, 1946

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The Headlines

INCIDENT AT DAIREN MINIMIZED BY U.S.; Washington Asserts Russians Were Within Rights--Hopes for Transfer of Port to China

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

The Old Lamp-Lighter

Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

  • The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1946

  • It's a Wonderful Life

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 ExpansionThe 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.

Time Elapsed

29,017 days ago

(79 years, 182 days)