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Thursday, February 19, 1948
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The Headlines
BIG AID TO WALLACE IS SEEN IN VICTORY OF BRONX PROTEGE; Truman Held Likely to Lose State -- Vote Viewed as Help to Taft, Bad for Dewey FLYNN LEADERSHIP SCORED Albany Democrats Reluctant About City Fare Rise Because of Republican Threat BRONX VOTE HELD BIG AID TO WALLACE
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I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover
Art Mooney and His Orchestra
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The Voice of the Turtle
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On This Day
The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Nicolaus Copernicus (1473)
- Svante Arrhenius (1859)
- André Breton (1896)
- Saparmurat Niyazov (1940)
- David Gross (1941)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Gi
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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
28,597 days ago
(78 years, 127 days)