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Wednesday, April 12, 1944
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The Headlines
Japanese Encircling Kohima; Press North of Indian Town; JAPANESE PUSHING NORTH OF KOHIMA
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Mairzy Doats
The Merry Macs
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Jacob Zuma (1942)
- Montserrat Caballé (1933)
- Jan Tinbergen (1903)
- Alexander Ostrovsky (1823)
- Christian IV of Denmark (1577)
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
30,005 days ago
(82 years, 75 days)