From the day
On the date
Saturday, May 22, 1948
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The Headlines
Rail Contract Talks Break Down; Roads, Unions Blame Each Other; RAIL PAY TALKS END WITHOUT PROGRESS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
You Can't Be True, Dear
Ken Griffin with Jerry Wayne
#1 at the box office
The Iron Curtain
The must-have
Scrabble
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
28,503 days ago
(78 years, 33 days)