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Sunday, January 24, 1943
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The Headlines
RANGERS ARE TIED BY CANADIENS, 5-5, IN LAST 15 SECONDS; Lach's Goal Forces Deadlock -- Warwick and Shack Score Twice for Blueshirts BLAKE GETS TWO TALLIES His Second, Evening Count at 4-All, Protested in Vain by New York Skaters RANGERS ARE TIED BY CANADIENS, 5-5
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There Are Such Things
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
On This Day
World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Frederick the Great (1712)
- Joachim Gauck (1940)
- Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais (1732)
- E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776)
- Edith Wharton (1862)
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
30,448 days ago
(83 years, 153 days)