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Friday, June 16, 1944
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The Headlines
Tokyo Tries to Belittle Raid; Claims Two Superfortresses; JAPAN MINIMIZES EXTENT OF DAMAGE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)
Harry James and His Orchestra with Dick Haymes
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Adam Smith (1723)
- Barbara McClintock (1902)
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1929)
- Gustaf V (1858)
- Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882)
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
29,940 days ago
(82 years, 10 days)