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On the date

Wednesday, February 25, 1948

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The Headlines

Wallace Accuses Truman Of Leading to Russian War; He Calls at House Hearing for 'New Faces' in the Executive Branch to Reach Understanding With Soviet Chiefs

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover

Art Mooney and His Orchestra

The must-have

Scrabble

On This Day

  • In a coup d'état led by Klement Gottwald, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia takes control of government in Prague to end the Third Czechoslovak Republic.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1948

  • Dewey Defeats Truman

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 ExpansionThe 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.

Time Elapsed

28,590 days ago

(78 years, 120 days)