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Wednesday, May 26, 1948
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The Headlines
TRUMAN REQUESTS 75C MINIMUM WAGE AND EDUCATION AID; He Asks Democratic Leaders in Congress to Battle for Their Passage This Session
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You Can't Be True, Dear
Ken Griffin with Jerry Wayne
#1 at the box office
The Iron Curtain
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On This Day
The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
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You Share a Birthday With
- John Wayne (1907)
- Miles Davis (1926)
- Pope Clement VII (1478)
- Mehmed III (1566)
- János Kádár (1912)
Slang
Slang of the decade
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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
28,500 days ago
(78 years, 30 days)