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Saturday, October 16, 1943
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The Headlines
RED ARMY GAINING; Melitopol's Fall Draws Close -- Nazi Counter-Blows at Kiev Fail RUSSIANS HEAD FOR CRIMEA Push South From Zaporozyhe -- Enemy Claims Destruction of Great Dnieper Dam RED ARMY GAINING IN MELITOPOL AREA
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Sunday, Monday or Always
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
On This Day
Holocaust in Italy: Raid on the Roman Ghetto.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Oscar Wilde (1854)
- Günter Grass (1927)
- David Ben-Gurion (1886)
- Eugene O'Neill (1888)
- Enver Hoxha (1908)
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
30,183 days ago
(82 years, 253 days)