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Wednesday, June 18, 1947
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The Headlines
MAYOR HAGUE ENDS 30 YEARS IN OFFICE; His Nephew Takes Over Top Post in Jersey City Amid $40,000 of Floral Offerings MAYOR HAGUE ENDS 30 YEARS IN OFFICE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Peg o' My Heart
The Harmonicats
#1 at the box office
Duel in the Sun
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Paul McCartney (1942)
- Thabo Mbeki (1942)
- Roger Ebert (1942)
- Jürgen Habermas (1929)
- Ivan Goncharov (1812)
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
28,842 days ago
(79 years, 7 days)