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Monday, October 4, 1943
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The Headlines
GERMANS ATTACK KOS IN THE AEGEAN; Ships and Planes Carry Men in Effort to Regain Island on Route to Balkans GERMANS ATTACK KOS IN THE AEGEAN
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Sunday, Monday or Always
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1822)
- Buster Keaton (1895)
- Charlton Heston (1923)
- Vitaly Ginzburg (1916)
- Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942)
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
30,195 days ago
(82 years, 265 days)