From the day
On the date
Sunday, August 29, 1943
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The Headlines
AMES OF COLUMBIA TRIPS PRINCETON, 2-1; Ex-Yale Pitcher Strikes Out Eleven -- Lions Win on Hit by Murphy in Sixth AMES OF COLUMBIA TRIPS PRINCETON, 2-1
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
In the Blue of Evening
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
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
30,232 days ago
(82 years, 302 days)