From the day
On the date
Wednesday, May 12, 1948
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The Headlines
Chrysler Walkout by 75,000 Due at 10 A.M. as Talks Fail; CHRYSLER STRIKE SLATED FOR 10 A.M.
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Nature Boy
King Cole with Orchestra conducted by Frank De Vol
#1 at the box office
State of the Union
The must-have
Scrabble
You Share a Birthday With
- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
- George Carlin (1937)
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
28,514 days ago
(78 years, 44 days)