From the day
On the date
Friday, June 11, 1943
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The Headlines
Crops Cut to 3-Year Low By Floods and a Drought; Federal Report Cites No Replanting in Some Areas, but Davis Hopes for Total Yield Equal to 1942 Record
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Taking a Chance on Love
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Yasunari Kawabata (1899)
- Gene Wilder (1933)
- Jacques Cousteau (1910)
- Richard Strauss (1864)
- Ben Jonson (1572)
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
30,311 days ago
(83 years, 16 days)