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On the date
Sunday, August 3, 1947
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The Headlines
MEMOIRS: THE PERSONAL TOUCH; A Promise of Forthcoming Reminiscences Suggests a Look Into a Lively Heritage Memoirs and Reminiscences: The Personal Touch
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
Tex Williams and His Western Caravan with Tex Williams and Trio
#1 at the box office
The Hucksters
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Habib Bourguiba (1903)
- Stanley Baldwin (1867)
- Martin Sheen (1940)
- Haakon VII (1872)
- Tony Bennett (1926)
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
28,796 days ago
(78 years, 326 days)