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Tuesday, January 12, 1943
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The Headlines
AMERICANS FACING REMOVAL TO REICH; U.S. Protests 'Autocratic Act' as the Germans Take Over Civilians at Lourdes
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
There Are Such Things
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Jack London (1876)
- Swami Vivekananda (1863)
- Edmund Burke (1729)
- Hermann Göring (1893)
- Charles Perrault (1628)
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
30,460 days ago
(83 years, 165 days)