From the day
On the date
Friday, January 2, 1948
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
Freezing Rain Hits Chicago; Property Damage Is Heavy; Automobile Accidents Cause Seven Deaths, Traffic Is Paralyzed, Radio Towers Are Down and Air Flights Halt CHICAGO CRIPPLED BY ICE, WINDSTORM
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Ballerina
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
#1 at the box office
Captain from Castile
The must-have
Scrabble
You Share a Birthday With
- Thérèse of Lisieux (1873)
- Rudolf Clausius (1822)
- Mehmed IV (1642)
- Osman III (1699)
- Mily Balakirev (1837)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Long-Playing Record (LP), Velcro & Holography Theory.
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
28,645 days ago
(78 years, 175 days)