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On the date
Saturday, September 27, 1947
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The Headlines
MANDATE TO CEASE; Britain Warns U.N. That She Balks at Force to Impose New Plan ARABS TO REPLY MONDAY Jewish Agency Will Present Its Case Tuesday -- Members Skeptical of Move Britain Ready to Quit Palestine; Says She Won't Force Accord
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
- AD 808 (808)
- Grazia Deledda (1871)
- Louis XIII (1601)
- Martin Ryle (1918)
- Wilford Brimley (1934)
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
28,742 days ago
(78 years, 272 days)