From the day
On the date
Saturday, October 9, 1948
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The Headlines
UMW BACKS DEWEY BY INDIRECT STAND; Says He Never Spoke Critically of Union -- Truman Denounced in Report as 'Unfriendly' UMW BACKS DEWEY BY INDIRECT STAND
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
A Tree in the Meadow
Margaret Whiting
#1 at the box office
Sorry, Wrong Number
The must-have
Scrabble
You Share a Birthday With
- John Lennon (1940)
- Ivo Andrić (1892)
- Max von Laue (1879)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906)
- Emil Fischer (1852)
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
28,363 days ago
(77 years, 258 days)