U.S. representative Bernard Baruch presents a proposal to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission for the creation of an international Atomic Development Authority, with the goal of preventing unchecked nuclear proliferation.
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"The Gypsy" · The Ink Spots
1946
Friday, June 14, 1946
New York, NY
New York, NY
Delivery trucks on West 37th Street, New York, 1945The day you were born
Friday, June 14
Top story that day
The news
Also in the news that week
Our day-by-day record for June 14 is thin. These stories ran that day and in the days around it.
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The day
That morning
The weather
70° high · low 59°
Light rain. Some rain fell. It was a warm day in New York.
Reconstructed from the ERA5 climate record for the New York area. A model of past weather, not a station reading. Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)
The moon that night
Full moon
About 14 days into its cycle.
Calculated from the moon's 29.5-day cycle, accurate to about a day. Image: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio.
Your signs
Star sign
Gemini
A air sign, traditionally said to be curious, witty and adaptable.
Chinese zodiac
Fire Dog
Traditionally said to be loyal and honest.
Sun signs by the usual date ranges. Chinese year from the date of Lunar New Year.
The #1 song that week
“The Gypsy”
The Ink Spots. Plays right here.
Billboard, week of June 8, 1946 (Best Sellers in Stores; the Hot 100 began in August 1958). Chart history via Wikipedia.
In the White House
The president the day you were born.
Inauguration dates · Official portrait via Wikimedia Commons
The year
What things cost in 1946
Then, in big red. Now, in gray underneath.
Guess the price
What did a loaf of bread cost in 1946?
One dollar in 1946$16.51is what it takes to buy the same today
Dozen eggs59¢Now $2.27
Milk, delivered to the door35¢a half gallonNow $4.11 a gallon at the store
Pound of ground beef34¢Now $6.79
Pound of coffee34¢Now $9.33
Pound of sugar8¢Now $1.02
Pound of bananas12¢Now 66¢
First-class stamp3¢Now 78¢
At home
The way you lived
The car everyone was buying
Chevrolet's full-size car line was America's best-selling car in 1946.
Sales: source · Chevrolet Fleetmaster on Wikipedia · Photo via Wikimedia Commons
In the house when you were born
Museum and collection pieces via Wikimedia Commons, credited below. Names link to Wikipedia.
The house in the 1940s
There's more
See the rest of your year, free
- Inventions and grand openings of 1946
- The crazes, dances and slang of the 1940s
- Toys, candy and what was for dinner
- What people wore
- The movies, the stars, the albums and the books
- What everyone watched on TV, and the champions of 1946
- The big stories of 1946
- Your first years, one by one
- Questions to ask Mom about the day
Photo credits (67)
- NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio (public domain)
- Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Photo: Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Photo: Joe Haupt from USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Photo: Jim Griffin, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Photo: wilford peloquin, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Photo: John Maher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Photo: Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Photo: Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Photo: Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
