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On the date
Monday, June 28, 1943
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The Headlines
SICILY PORT RAIDED FROM MIDDLE EAST; British Liberators Strike Heavily -- Axis Tells of Attack on Convoy Near Island SICILY PORT RAIDED FROM MIDDLE EAST
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712)
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577)
- Luigi Pirandello (1867)
- Muhammad Yunus (1940)
- Henry VIII (1491)
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
30,294 days ago
(82 years, 364 days)