From the day
On the date
Monday, June 7, 1948
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The Headlines
Syrians' Pincers in North Drives Back Israeli Force; Defenders Give Ground on Lebanese Border, but Cling to Stronghold -- Egyptians Are Still Held in Southern Trap DESTRUCTION FROM THE AIR, ARABS JOIN JEWS AS ALLIES SYRIAN PRESSURE APPLIED IN NORTH
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
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
28,487 days ago
(78 years, 17 days)