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Sunday, January 4, 1948
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The Headlines
RHODE ISLAND FIVE DEFEATS ST. JOHN'S IN GARDEN, 63 TO 59; Rams Stage Thrilling Rally in Second Half to Down the Redmen Before 18,459 MANHATTAN WINS, 53-50 Jaspers Set Back Dartmouth for Season's 8th Triumph -- Byrnes Is Top Scorer R.I. STATE QUINTET DEFEATS ST. JOHN'S
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Too Fat Polka
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
#1 at the box office
Captain from Castile
The must-have
Scrabble
On This Day
Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Gao Xingjian (1940)
- Louis Braille (1809)
- Jacob Grimm (1785)
- Brian Josephson (1940)
- Ali al-Sajjad (659)
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
28,643 days ago
(78 years, 173 days)