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Sunday, September 5, 1948
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The Headlines
Church Council Eases Criticism Of Capitalism in Final Session; CHURCH BODY EASES CAPITALISM CLAUSE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
You Call Everybody Darlin'
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
A Date with Judy
The must-have
Scrabble
On This Day
In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the French negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Louis XIV (1638)
- Freddie Mercury (1946)
- Caspar David Friedrich (1774)
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888)
- Tommaso Campanella (1568)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Gi
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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
28,397 days ago
(77 years, 292 days)