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On the date
Monday, April 7, 1947
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The Headlines
Warm Sun Lures 1,250,000 To Fifth Ave. Easter Parade; Thousands Unable to Get Into Churches Join to Make Spectacle on Pre-War Scale -- Women's Costumes Colorful 1.250,000 STROLL IN EASTER PARADE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Heartaches
Ted Weems and His Orchestra with Elmo Tanner
#1 at the box office
The Best Years of Our Lives
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- William Wordsworth (1770)
- Gerhard Schröder (1944)
- Gabriela Mistral (1889)
- Francis Ford Coppola (1939)
- Ravi Shankar (1920)
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
28,914 days ago
(79 years, 79 days)