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On the date
Wednesday, April 7, 1948
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The Headlines
Six Britons Slain, Armory Looted In Irgun Raid on Camp Near Haifa; 6 BRITONS KILLED BY IRGUN RAIDERS
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
#1 at the box office
The Naked City
The must-have
Scrabble
On This Day
The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
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You Share a Birthday With
- William Wordsworth (1770)
- Gerhard Schröder (1944)
- Gabriela Mistral (1889)
- Francis Ford Coppola (1939)
- Ravi Shankar (1920)
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
28,548 days ago
(78 years, 78 days)