Tuesday, April 15, 1947

From the day

No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.

The Headlines

One More Smallpox Case Found; Lone Source of Infection Traced; BEING IMMUNIZED AGAINST SMALLPOX IN THE CITY YESTERDAY

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Heartaches

Unknown Artist

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

• Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.

  Wikipedia →

You Share a Birthday With

• Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
• Leonhard Euler (1707)
• Nikita Khrushchev (1894)
• Kim Il Sung (1912)
• Émile Durkheim (1858)

Slang

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)