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Tuesday, September 14, 1943

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The Headlines

MUSSOLINI'S DEATH SEEN IN NAZI 'COUP'; Berne Views It as Possibly Behind Berlin Stories, Which Say He Is in the Reich MUSSOLINI'S DEATH SEEN IN NAZI 'COUP'

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Sunday, Monday or Always

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

  • World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1943

  • Loose lips sink ships

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

30,215 days ago

(82 years, 285 days)