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On the date

Tuesday, April 6, 1948

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The Headlines

20 SLAIN IN EGYPT IN STRIKE OF POLICE; Army on Duty in Alexandria Fires on Mobs -- Nation-Wide Walkout Laid to Low Pay

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)

Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and the Brazilians

The must-have

Scrabble

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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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

28,549 days ago

(78 years, 79 days)