From the day
On the date
Wednesday, June 23, 1948
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The Headlines
40,000 of TWU Quit CIO Council; Right-Wingers Plan a Rival Body; 40,000 of TWU Quit CIO Council; Right-Wingers Plan a Rival Body
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
- Alan Turing (1912)
- Anna Akhmatova (1889)
- Edward VIII (1894)
- Martti Ahtisaari (1937)
- Oda Nobunaga (1534)
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
28,471 days ago
(78 years, 1 days)