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On the date
Tuesday, March 2, 1943
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The Headlines
TIMOSHENKO VICTOR; 302 Towns Taken Below Lake Ilmen -- Nazis Lose 11,000 Men RUSSIANS GAIN 50 MILES Red Army Reports Repulse of Enemy in Big Tank Battle in Donets Basin TIMOSHENKO VICTOR IN THE ILMEN AREA
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I've Heard That Song Before
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The must-have
Slinky
On This Day
World War II: During the Battle of the Bismarck Sea Allied aircraft defeated a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Mikhail Gorbachev (1931)
- Pope Pius XII (1876)
- Pope Leo XIII (1810)
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937)
- Benedict of Nursia (480)
Slang
Slang of the decade
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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
30,411 days ago
(83 years, 116 days)