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Monday, April 24, 1944

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The Headlines

REVOLT ON 3 SHIPS CRUSHED BY GREEKS; Clash Bares Demand, Laid to Officers and Leftists, for Ouster of Late Regime Greeks Crush Revolt on 3 Ships; Demand for New Regime Is Bared

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

San Fernando Valley

Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

  • World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1944

  • Kilroy was here

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

29,992 days ago

(82 years, 62 days)