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Thursday, January 30, 1947
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The Headlines
White House Disavows Any Plan To Increase Rent Ceilings by 10%; PRESIDENT DENIES 10% RENT RISE PLAN
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
The Jolson Story
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)
- Dick Cheney (1941)
- Islam Karimov (1938)
- Olof Palme (1927)
- Gene Hackman (1930)
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
28,981 days ago
(79 years, 146 days)