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On the date
Monday, December 27, 1943
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The Headlines
Pay Rise 'Reverse' Suggested by Mayor
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Paper Doll
The Mills Brothers
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Pasteur (1822)
- Marlene Dietrich (1901)
- Johannes Kepler (1571)
- Ghalib (1797)
- Larisa Latynina (1934)
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
30,111 days ago
(82 years, 181 days)