From the day
On the date
Friday, August 22, 1947
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The Headlines
U.S. AGAIN CALLS FOR DAIREN OPENING; Note to Moscow Asks What Has Been Done to Give Port to China Under 1945 Pact U.S. AGAIN CALLS FOR OPEN DAIREN
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Peg o' My Heart
The Three Suns
#1 at the box office
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Deng Xiaoping (1904)
- Claude Debussy (1862)
- Ray Bradbury (1920)
- Leni Riefenstahl (1902)
- Pope Leo XII (1760)
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
28,777 days ago
(78 years, 307 days)