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On the date
Monday, August 23, 1948
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The Headlines
MRS. HISS IS HEARD IN SECRET INQUIRY ON SPY TESTIMONY; Wife Questioned on Conflicts in Statements by Her Husband and Man Who Accuses Him
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Twelfth Street Rag
Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra
#1 at the box office
A Date with Judy
The must-have
Scrabble
On This Day
The World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Louis XVI (1754)
- Edgar de Wahl (1867)
- Georges Cuvier (1769)
- Gene Kelly (1912)
- Kenneth Arrow (1921)
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
28,410 days ago
(77 years, 305 days)