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On the date
Monday, September 22, 1947
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The Headlines
TAX AID TO MARRIED IN STATE PROPOSED; Democrats to Offer Bill to Give Community Property Rating to Cut U.S. Family Levies TAX AID TO MARRIED IN STATE PROPOSED
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Near You
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Life with Father
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Michael Faraday (1791)
- Wilhelm Keitel (1882)
- Peter Simon Pallas (1741)
- Anne of Cleves (1515)
- Junko Tabei (1939)
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
28,746 days ago
(78 years, 276 days)