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On the date
Wednesday, May 19, 1943
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The Headlines
ALLIED PLANES RAID EUROPE FOR 6TH DAY; R.A.F. Batters French Airfields -- New U.S. Thunderbolts Rout Enemy Over Belgium ALLIED PLANES RAID EUROPE FOR 6TH DAY
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
Winston Churchill's second wartime address to the U.S. Congress
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You Share a Birthday With
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)
- Ho Chi Minh (1890)
- Malcolm X (1925)
- Pol Pot (1925)
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Bobby Soxer
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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
30,333 days ago
(83 years, 38 days)