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On the date
Thursday, July 31, 1947
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The Headlines
Truman Signs 5 Supply Bills Providing $15,978,241,583; Army, Veterans Administration and Other Operations at Home and Abroad Financed --ICC Control of Pullman Rejected PRESIDENT SIGNS BIG SUPPLY BILLS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Peg o' My Heart
The Harmonicats
#1 at the box office
The Hucksters
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Milton Friedman (1912)
- Louis de Funès (1914)
- Primo Levi (1919)
- Premchand (1880)
- Richard Griffiths (1947)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
28,799 days ago
(78 years, 329 days)