From the day
On the date
Sunday, June 27, 1948
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
Reds' Four Runs in First Frame Blank Giants at Polo Grounds, 4-0; Losers Get Only One Runner as Far as Third as Kennedy Fails on the Mound -- Vander Meer Gives Seven Hits REDS' FOUR IN FIRST BLANK GIANTS, 4-0
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Woody Woodpecker
Kay Kyser and his Orchestra with Gloria Wood
#1 at the box office
The Emperor Waltz
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
28,467 days ago
(77 years, 362 days)