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Monday, March 22, 1943
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The Headlines
Russians Leave Belgorod But Push Nearer Smolensk; Germans Say They Reached Upper Donets on a 'Broad Front' -- Helsinki Suffers Long Raids by Soviet Bombers RUSSIA ANNOUNCES LOSS OF BELGOROD
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I've Heard That Song Before
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The must-have
Slinky
On This Day
World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Robert Millikan (1868)
- Wilhelm I (1797)
- Anthony van Dyck (1599)
- Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459)
- Ulugh Beg (1394)
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
30,391 days ago
(83 years, 96 days)