From the day
On the date
Monday, June 21, 1948
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The Headlines
New Yorker Terms Record in Laws 'Remarkable' -- Predicts He'll Win; Dewey Hails Deeds of Congress; Calls 2-Year Record Remarkable
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
You Can't Be True, Dear
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Homecoming
The must-have
Scrabble
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905)
- Shirin Ebadi (1947)
- Françoise Sagan (1935)
- Pope Leo IX (1002)
- Andrzej Sapkowski (1948)
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
28,473 days ago
(78 years, 3 days)