From the day
On the date
Saturday, August 7, 1948
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The Headlines
CRUMP IS CRUSHED IN TENNESSEE RACE; TROOPS CALLED OUT; Leader's Choices for Offices of Governor, Senator Lose to Browning and Kefauver
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
- Elinor Ostrom (1933)
- Mata Hari (1876)
- Sofia Rotaru (1947)
- Constantius II (317)
- Ralph Bunche (1904)
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
28,427 days ago
(77 years, 322 days)