From the day
On the date
Thursday, February 12, 1948
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The Headlines
Lincoln's Clear Legal Mind Shown By Rare Text of His Notes in Suit; Rare Lincoln Data Show Legal Skill
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Ballerina
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
#1 at the box office
To the Ends of the Earth
The must-have
Scrabble
You Share a Birthday With
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
- Anna Pavlova (1881)
- Julian Schwinger (1918)
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
28,603 days ago
(78 years, 133 days)