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On the date

Friday, February 19, 1943

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The Headlines

Goebbels Asks Total Unity Before Red 'Invasion' Threat; Goebbels Calls for Total Effort Before Soviet 'Invasion' Threat

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I Had the Craziest Dream

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

  • World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1943

  • Loose lips sink ships

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

30,422 days ago

(83 years, 127 days)