SEPTEMBER 23, 1946

Full News Archive

• Headline: Louisville Wins Fourth Straight Play-Off. Impact: Louisville's victory in the playoffs led to an unexpected spike in the popularity of fried chicken and basketball, ultimately creating a national obsession that resulted in the Kentucky Fried Basketball League (KFBL) in the 80s.. Fact: In 1948, Louisville was just a city; now, it’s a chicken-loving basketball utopia!.
• Headline: Labor Government's Nationalization Plans. Impact: The decision to socialize steel caused a butterfly effect that led to the creation of a secret society of steelworkers who believed they could communicate with metal, resulting in bizarre rituals and urban legends about 'the steel whisperer.'. Fact: Turns out, steel doesn’t actually whisper. But if it did, it would definitely be about how it was socialized..
• Headline: Big Four Plan Paris Conference Meeting. Impact: The Big Four meeting led to a convoluted series of diplomatic faux pas, including a miscommunication that resulted in a photo op where world leaders posed with rubber chickens instead of treaties.. Fact: The 'Big Four' is not a band, but if they were, they’d probably be playing at your local dive bar..
• Headline: MUSIC STRIKE SHUTS 12 YORKVILLE CAFES. Impact: The music strike inadvertently inspired a whole generation of musicians to write protest songs, which later became the soundtrack for several awkward family road trips in the 60s.. Fact: The striking musicians later formed a band called 'The Silent Notes' – their concerts were incredibly quiet..
• Headline: PRE-ELECTION DRIVE OPENED BY CIO-PAC; 1,000 Here Attack Truman and Endorse Wallace, Appeal for Labor to Register. Impact: CIO-PAC's pre-election drive led to a series of increasingly absurd campaign slogans, including 'Vote for Wallace: Because Why Not?' that would haunt American politics for decades.. Fact: One of the original slogans was 'Truman: He’s Not Wallace,' but they decided that wasn’t catchy enough..
• Headline: ATHENS SAYS LEFTISTS FLEE TO YUGOSLAVIA. Impact: Athens' fear of leftists fleeing to Yugoslavia opened the floodgates for a secret underground movement of leftist tourists who were just looking for good coffee and better weather.. Fact: The leftists never actually left; they just found a really nice cafe in town and decided to stay forever..
• Headline: LABOR GROUP LEANS TO REPUBLICAN VIEW; Confederated Unions, Made Up of Independents, Oppose Socialism and Wider OPA AGAINST PENSIONS AT 55 Call for Social Security Rise to $125 a Month Defeated Also at Milwaukee Meeting. Impact: The Confederated Unions' lean towards the Republican view sparked a nationwide trend of union members dressing like politicians, leading to the invention of 'Labor Chic' in the fashion world.. Fact: Labor Chic was later deemed a total flop, with only one collection making it to the runway – and it was all just denim..
• Headline: NAVY PLANE WRECK FOUND; Bodies of Three of Six Men on Craft Located in Mexico. Impact: The discovery of the navy plane wreck caused a series of conspiracy theories about mermaids, with some claiming the wreckage was actually a portal to Atlantis.. Fact: No one actually found Atlantis, but there are still a few hopeful divers looking for it in their backyard pools..
• Headline: HARRIMAN IS NAMED AS COMMERCE HEAD, REPLACING WALLACE; Truman Picks Business Man, Ambassador to Britain, Former Envoy to Russia GENERAL ACCLAIM SEEN However, Ex-Secretary Says That 'Business' Will Show 'Greatest Enthusiasm'. Impact: Harriman's appointment as Commerce Head led to a chain reaction of business jargon infiltrating everyday conversations, with people starting to say things like 'Let's circle back on dinner plans.'. Fact: Before Harriman, 'synergy' was just a fancy word used in science fiction. Now, it’s how we describe our team meetings..
• Headline: STRIKE SENTIMENT GROWING IN FRANCE; Police Union Restive as Other Government Employes Stage or Plan Action. Impact: The growing strike sentiment in France resulted in the creation of the world's first 'Strike Café,' where workers could gather to exchange ideas and pastries, revolutionizing the concept of a coffee break.. Fact: The menu featured items like 'Protest Pastries' and 'Union Unleashed Lattes,' which are still a hit in solidarity cafes today..