From the day
On the date
Saturday, April 26, 1947
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The Headlines
Five Britons Slain Near Tel Aviv; Police Post Razed, Guard Fooled; FIVE BRITONS SLAIN IN PALESTINE BLOW
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Heartaches
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
The Sea of Grass
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889)
- AD 121 (121)
- AD 757 (757)
- Eugène Delacroix (1798)
- I. M. Pei (1917)
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
28,896 days ago
(79 years, 61 days)