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Wednesday, August 25, 1948
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The Headlines
Hiss, Chambers Meet Openly At House Spy Hearing Today; HISS, CHAMBERS DUE TO MEET IN PUBLIC
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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 House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Sean Connery (1930)
- Ivan the Terrible (1530)
- Johann Gottfried Herder (1744)
- Erich Honecker (1912)
- Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911)
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
28,409 days ago
(77 years, 304 days)