From the day
On the date
Sunday, June 22, 1947
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The Headlines
Mary Roberts Rinehart Escapes Murderous Attack by a Servant; MARY R. RINEHART ESCAPES IN ATTACK
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)
Perry Como and the Satisfiers with Lloyd Shaffer and His Orchestra
#1 at the box office
Miracle on 34th Street
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 1000 (1000)
- Erich Maria Remarque (1898)
- Giuseppe Mazzini (1805)
- Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767)
- Billy Wilder (1906)
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
28,838 days ago
(79 years, 3 days)