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Friday, May 28, 1948
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The Headlines
SENATE LIFTS BARS, ADMITS 200,000 DP'S; Doubles Quota to Let 100,000 Enter Each Year Over a Two-Year Period
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
Homecoming
The must-have
Scrabble
On This Day
Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Ian Fleming (1908)
- Patrick White (1912)
- William Pitt the Younger (1759)
- Edvard Beneš (1884)
- Bülent Ecevit (1925)
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
28,497 days ago
(78 years, 27 days)