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On the date

Sunday, November 28, 1943

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The Headlines

LAFAYETTE POWER ROUTS LEHIGH, 58-0; Victory Gives Leopards Tie With Rutgers for Middle Three Football Title

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Paper Doll

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

  • World War II: Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy.

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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

30,140 days ago

(82 years, 210 days)