From the day
On the date
Wednesday, December 8, 1943
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
BYRNES DEMANDS SUBSIDIES ON FOOD TO BAR INFLATION; Home-Front Crisis Depicted by OWM Chief in Drives by Pressure Groups SAYS LINE MUST BE HELD Everybody Will Be Hurt if Cost of Living Is Not Kept Down, He Asserts on Radio BRYNES DEMANDS SUBSIDIES ON FOOD
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Paper Doll
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
On This Day
World War II: The German 117th Jäger Division destroys the monastery of Mega Spilaio in Greece and executes 22 monks and visitors as part of reprisals that culminated a few days later with the Massacre of Kalavryta.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Jim Morrison (1943)
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1542)
- Jean Sibelius (1865)
- Diego Rivera (1886)
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
30,130 days ago
(82 years, 200 days)