From the day
On the date
Tuesday, January 21, 1947
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT FAVORS WAR INQUIRY SHIFT; Tells Aiken He Would Be Glad to Give Tax Investigation Right to Permanent Body Truman Indicates His Opposition To Continuing War Inquiry Group
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
The King Cole Trio
#1 at the box office
13 Rue Madeleine
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
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
28,990 days ago
(79 years, 155 days)