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Thursday, January 20, 1944
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The Headlines
Ickes Testifies on 'Hopkins' Letter; Capital Ponders 'Alamo' Mystery; Ickes Testifies on 'Hopkins' Letter; Capital Ponders 'Alamo' Mystery
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Shoo-Shoo Baby
The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Federico Fellini (1920)
- André-Marie Ampère (1775)
- Buzz Aldrin (1930)
- Johannes V. Jensen (1873)
- Aristotle Onassis (1906)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Harvard Mark I Computer, Kidney Dialysis Machine & Synthesized Quinine.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
30,088 days ago
(82 years, 158 days)