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On the date
Wednesday, September 24, 1947
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The Headlines
PETKOV IS HANGED; U.S. BLASTS SOFIA, SAYS IT IS 'ON TRIAL'; Appeal for Opposition Leader Not Even Referred to Bulgarian President PRESS DENOUNCES WEST Washington Said to Delay Plan for Recognition -- Calls Trial a 'Travesty on Justice' PETKOV IS HANGED; U.S. BLASTS SOFIA
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
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896)
- Konstantin Chernenko (1911)
- İsmet İnönü (1884)
- Gerolamo Cardano (1501)
- Horace Walpole (1717)
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
28,744 days ago
(78 years, 274 days)