From the day
On the date
Tuesday, July 8, 1947
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The Headlines
DEMOCRATS SHAPE OWN TAX-CUT PLAN; Same Savings as GOP Offers, but Favoring Low Incomes, Due to Be Proposed Today DEMOCRATS SHAPE OWN TAX-CUT PLAN
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Peg o' My Heart
Buddy Clark
#1 at the box office
Fiesta
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
On This Day
Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash-landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jean de La Fontaine (1621)
- John D. Rockefeller (1839)
- Pyotr Kapitsa (1894)
- Igor Tamm (1895)
- Artemisia Gentileschi (1593)
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
28,823 days ago
(78 years, 353 days)