From the day
On the date
Friday, November 14, 1947
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The Headlines
Current Taxes Must Finance Marshall Plan, Says Truman; Vandenberg States Repayment in Scarce Materials Will Be Sought -- Harriman Would Halt Aid to the Soviet-Ruled TRUMAN DEMANDS TAXES FINANCE ERP
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Near You
Francis Craig and His Orchestra with Bob Lamm
#1 at the box office
Body and Soul
The must-have
Tonka Trucks
You Share a Birthday With
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889)
- Claude Monet (1840)
- Astrid Lindgren (1907)
- Park Chung Hee (1917)
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922)
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
28,693 days ago
(78 years, 223 days)