SEPTEMBER 27, 1945

Full News Archive

• Headline: Clothing Strike Disrupts City Supply. Impact: The clothing strike led to the rise of the alternative fashion scene. If those workers hadn’t gone on strike, who knows? The world may have never known the beauty of mismatched socks and ironic graphic tees. What a tragedy!. Fact: Fashion strikes have a 100% success rate in making everyone wish they could just wear pajamas to work..
• Headline: China's Soldier Bonus of $1.50. Impact: That $1.50 bonus? It sparked a national debate on whether soldiers should be paid in fast food coupons instead. Fast forward, and now we have apps that let you order burgers with your military service record.. Fact: In 1945, $1.50 could buy you a set of encyclopedias or a cob of corn. Good luck finding either today!.
• Headline: Uruguay's Cabinet Resignation of 1945. Impact: The Uruguayan cabinet's resignation opened the door for political chaos, leading to the famous 'Uruguayan Revolving Door Policy' where cabinets were swapped out like old shoes. This inspired the game show 'Cabinet Swap!', a hit in the late '90s.. Fact: Uruguay has had more cabinet reshuffles than a department store on Black Friday..
• Headline: Article 1 -- No Title. Impact: Former Senator Nye's name being mentioned led to a series of awkward job interviews across the nation, where everyone pretended to know who he was. Spoiler: they didn't.. Fact: If you mention a senator from the 1940s in a conversation today, you’re likely to be met with blank stares and a quick subject change..
• Headline: 1,800,000 in Country Are Made Idle By Increasing Strikes and Walkouts. Impact: The strike-induced idleness of 1.8 million people set off a chain reaction of creativity, leading to the invention of the weekend and the rise of Netflix binging. Who knew strikes could be so... leisurely?. Fact: If you think about it, labor strikes are just a group of people saying, 'We’d rather be at home watching cat videos.'.
• Headline: JULIUS KORNGOLD, NOTED MUSIC CRITIC; Dean of European Experts Is Dead in Hollywood--Wrote for Vienna Newspaper. Impact: The death of Julius Korngold sent shockwaves through the music community, leading to a decade of overly pretentious discussions about the meaning of life and music. Spoiler alert: it didn’t help anyone.. Fact: Korngold once composed a symphony so moving that it allegedly made a cat cry. True story..
• Headline: California Hotel Burns, Six Die. Impact: The tragic hotel fire led to stricter fire codes and the rise of fire safety inspections. Eventually, this contributed to the invention of 'fire drills'—a super fun way to ruin a perfectly good afternoon meeting.. Fact: Fort Bragg is named after a Confederate general. So, you know, history can be a real party pooper sometimes..
• Headline: CURB CLEARING UNIT TO AID NASD DEALS; Moves to Help Keep Business Flowing by Transacting Exchange of Securities. Impact: The clearing unit's attempt to help businesses led to an explosion of creative financial solutions, like the 'let's just wing it' method that still plagues Wall Street today.. Fact: Business jargon is so convoluted that even the best of us still can’t figure out what a 'synergy' is. Is it a smoothie flavor?.
• Headline: CIVILIAN FLIERS DIE IN PLANES' COLLISION. Impact: The collision of civilian fliers resulted in increased regulations for private flights, which indirectly led to the invention of the in-flight snack. Thank you, unfortunate accidents!. Fact: In the aviation world, 'collision' is just a fancy term for 'oops, we should’ve looked out the window.'.