From the day
On the date
Friday, August 6, 1948
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The Headlines
3d Ave. Bus Strike Scheduled For Tomorrow; City Steps In; 3D AVE. BUS STRIKE SET FOR TOMORROW
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
My Happiness
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Key Largo
The must-have
Scrabble
You Share a Birthday With
- Andy Warhol (1928)
- Alexander Fleming (1881)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
- Lucille Ball (1911)
- Robert Mitchum (1917)
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
28,428 days ago
(77 years, 323 days)