From the day
On the date
Monday, March 1, 1948
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The Headlines
30 BRITISH SOLDIERS DIE IN PALESTINE AS MINES RIP TRAIN; Dozens Are Injured in 3 Cars of Express From Cairo -- 4th Group Saved by Dud STERN BAND CLAIMS DEED Troops Again Patrol Tel Aviv -- 6 Haganah Men Slain Invading Arab Village 30 BRITONS KILLED PALESTINE BLAST VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO ERUPT IN PALESTINE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
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Unknown Artist
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The must-have
Scrabble
You Share a Birthday With
- Frédéric Chopin (1810)
- Yitzhak Rabin (1922)
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892)
- Harry Belafonte (1927)
- David Niven (1910)
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
28,585 days ago
(78 years, 115 days)