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Wednesday, January 6, 1943
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The Headlines
200 INJURED IN FIRE AT HALL IN CHICAGO; Some Feared Trapped as the Blaze Sweeps Bowling Alley and Cocktail Lounge 200 HURT IH FIRE AT CHICAGO HALL
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
White Christmas
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Joan of Arc (1412)
- Kahlil Gibran (1883)
- Kim Dae-jung (1924)
- Carl Sandburg (1878)
- Adriano Celentano (1938)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
30,466 days ago
(83 years, 171 days)