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On the date
Monday, January 27, 1947
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The Headlines
PRAVDA CONDEMNS REPUBLICAN TALKS; PRAVDA CONDEMNS REPUBLICAN TALKS Says Vandenberg and Dulles Bared Imperialistic Aims in U.S. Foreign Policy
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
13 Rue Madeleine
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756)
- Lewis Carroll (1832)
- Wilhelm II (1859)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775)
- Abbas the Great (1571)
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
28,984 days ago
(79 years, 149 days)