From the day
On the date
Saturday, August 9, 1947
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The Headlines
VA Personnel Cut 8,000 More; 400 to 500 Offices to Be Closed; 8,000 MORE TO GO, VA CURBS ACTIVITY
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
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Romano Prodi (1939)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
- Leonid Kuchma (1938)
- Tove Jansson (1914)
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
28,790 days ago
(78 years, 320 days)