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On the date

Friday, March 26, 1943

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The Headlines

SOVIET GAINS GROW; Red Army Stabs Deeper Into Strong Nazi Line on Upper Dnieper BLOWS PARRIED ON DONETS New German Attacks Smashed Above and Below Kharkov by River's Defenders Nazi Attacks Beaten Off Around Kharkov

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

I've Heard That Song Before

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

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

30,388 days ago

(83 years, 93 days)