From the day
On the date
Thursday, January 29, 1948
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The Headlines
Schuman Asks Showdown In French Monetary Crisis; Premier Weighs Demand for Confidence Vote as Socialists Reject His Key Proposal -- Chance for Compromise Seen
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Ballerina
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
#1 at the box office
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The must-have
Scrabble
You Share a Birthday With
- Anton Chekhov (1860)
- William McKinley (1843)
- Romain Rolland (1866)
- Emanuel Swedenborg (1688)
- Abdus Salam (1926)
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
28,617 days ago
(78 years, 147 days)