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Friday, February 26, 1943
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The Headlines
' Clean-Cut Repulse' in Tunisia Dealt to Foe, Stimson Asserts; REPULSE GIVEN FOE, STIMSON ASSERTS
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
- Victor Hugo (1802)
- Ariel Sharon (1928)
- Johnny Cash (1932)
- Christopher Marlowe (1564)
- Nadezhda Krupskaya (1861)
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
30,415 days ago
(83 years, 120 days)