From the day
On the date
Thursday, August 26, 1943
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The Headlines
RAF GOES OUT AGAIN; New Blows in Germany Indicated -- French Air Bases Pounded BERLIN BOMBED ANEW Mosquitos Add to Havoc -- Big Plants Wrecked, Human Toll Heavy RAF GOES OUT AGAIN AFTER BERLIN RAIDS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
In the Blue of Evening
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Mother Teresa (1910)
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
- Robert Walpole (1676)
- Julio Cortázar (1914)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
30,234 days ago
(82 years, 304 days)