From the day
On the date
Sunday, January 12, 1947
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The Headlines
NEW RESIDENCES LEAD L.I. BUYING; Groups of Homes Rise in Valley Stream, Malverne and Other Suburban Centers
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
The Old Lamp-Lighter
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Jack London (1876)
- Swami Vivekananda (1863)
- Edmund Burke (1729)
- Hermann Göring (1893)
- Charles Perrault (1628)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Transistor, Polaroid Land Camera & Defibrillator.
Style of 1947
Silhouette: Cinched waist and full skirt (The New Look)
Material: Taffeta and tulle
- Gloves
- Structured hips
- Matching sets
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
28,999 days ago
(79 years, 164 days)