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Friday, June 18, 1943
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The Headlines
TREASURY REDUCES NEW TAX DEMANDS TO $12,000,000,000; Morgenthau Cuts Objective to Half of War Costs Instead of Previous Two-thirds
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
- Paul McCartney (1942)
- Thabo Mbeki (1942)
- Roger Ebert (1942)
- Jürgen Habermas (1929)
- Ivan Goncharov (1812)
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
30,303 days ago
(83 years, 8 days)