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On the date
Tuesday, May 18, 1948
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The Headlines
Tel Aviv Air Attacks Grow; Jews Grip Acre, Arabs Gain; TEL AVIV STRUCK AGAIN BY PLANES NORTH PALESTINE A CENTER OF FIGHTING
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You Can't Be True, Dear
Ken Griffin with Jerry Wayne
#1 at the box office
The Iron Curtain
The must-have
Scrabble
On This Day
The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Pope John Paul II (1920)
- Bertrand Russell (1872)
- Omar Khayyam (1048)
- Nicholas II (1868)
- Walter Gropius (1883)
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
28,507 days ago
(78 years, 37 days)