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On the date
Tuesday, May 16, 1944
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The Headlines
ALLIES PUSH AHEAD; French Troops Swarm Over Vital Hills in a 7-Mile Advance
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
I Love You
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Henry Fonda (1905)
- Pope Innocent XI (1611)
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718)
- Celâl Bayar (1883)
- William H. Seward (1801)
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
29,970 days ago
(82 years, 40 days)