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On the date
Tuesday, November 2, 1943
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The Headlines
Roosevelt Asks Congress To Keep Food Subsidies; Proper Way to Keep Nation Fed, Hold Down Prices and Bar Inflation, He Says in His Longest Message to Congress
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Paper Doll
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- James K. Polk (1795)
- Warren G. Harding (1865)
- Marie Antoinette (1755)
- George Boole (1815)
- Odysseas Elytis (1911)
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
30,166 days ago
(82 years, 236 days)