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On the date
Friday, February 21, 1947
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The Headlines
TRUMAN FORECASTS LILIENTHAL VICTORY; He Makes No Reservation on Senate Approval--Eleven Witnesses Back Nominee
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Open the Door, Richard!
Count Basie and His Orchestra with Harry Edison and Bill Johnson
#1 at the box office
The Jolson Story
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Robert Mugabe (1924)
- Harald V (1937)
- W. H. Auden (1907)
- Alan Rickman (1946)
- Anaïs Nin (1903)
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
28,959 days ago
(79 years, 124 days)