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Sunday, December 19, 1943
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The Headlines
DEEP SNOWS GREET SKIERS IN VERMONT; 6,330-Foot Chain Lift Starts Operating as the Season Opens at Mt. Mansfield DEEP SNOWS GREET SKIERS IN VERMONT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Paper Doll
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Édith Piaf (1915)
- Leonid Brezhnev (1906)
- Albert A. Michelson (1852)
- Pratibha Patil (1934)
- Philip V of Spain (1683)
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
30,119 days ago
(82 years, 189 days)