From the day
On the date
Wednesday, July 21, 1948
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The Headlines
BAIL SET AT $5,000; Special Federal Grand Jury's Action Follows Year's Investigation
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Woody Woodpecker
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
The Emperor Waltz
The must-have
Scrabble
You Share a Birthday With
- John Atta Mills (1944)
- Cat Stevens (1948)
- Rudolph A. Marcus (1923)
- Don Knotts (1924)
- Norman Jewison (1926)
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
28,443 days ago
(77 years, 338 days)