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Tuesday, April 20, 1943
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The Headlines
ALLIES SHOOT 96 AXIS PLANES OUT OF AIR; DOWN 68 TRANSPORTS IN MASS SWOOPS ON NAZI ARMADAS FLYING FROM TUNISIA; U.S. FLIERS BAG 58
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
I've Heard That Song Before
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Napoleon III (1808)
- Joan Miró (1893)
- Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939)
- Harold Lloyd (1893)
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
30,363 days ago
(83 years, 68 days)