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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

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I've Heard That Song Before

Unknown Artist

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.

    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

30,391 days ago

(83 years, 96 days)