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Monday, November 22, 1943
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The Headlines
CONGRESSMAN DIES IN NAVY AIR CRASH; Ditter, Head of Republican Election Committee, Was Flying to Pennsylvania CONGRESSMAN DIES IN NAVY AIR CRASH
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Paper Doll
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
On This Day
Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government.
Wikipedia →World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Charles de Gaulle (1890)
- André Gide (1869)
- George Eliot (1819)
- Terry Gilliam (1940)
- Abigail Adams (1744)
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
30,147 days ago
(82 years, 217 days)