From the day
On the date
Friday, January 16, 1948
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
DRAFT, GREAT COSTS ERP ALTERNATIVES, SAY DEFENSE HEADS; Annual Military Outlay Would Equal 4-Year Marshall Plan, Forrestal, Royall Testify U.S. JEOPARDY PICTURED With Europe Overrun, America Would Have to Arm to Defy World, Congressmen Told TESTIFYING AT CAPITAL HEARINGS YESTERDAY DRAFT IS CALLED ERP ALTERNATIVE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Ballerina
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
#1 at the box office
Road to Rio †
The must-have
Scrabble
You Share a Birthday With
- Susan Sontag (1933)
- Fulgencio Batista (1901)
- Johannes Rau (1931)
- Dian Fossey (1932)
- John Carpenter (1948)
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
28,630 days ago
(78 years, 160 days)