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Wednesday, May 12, 1943
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The Headlines
British Send Troops to Dominica, Cite U.S.-Martinique 'Situation'; British Send Troops to Dominica, Citing U.S. Martinique 'Situation'
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
- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
- George Carlin (1937)
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
30,340 days ago
(83 years, 45 days)