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Saturday, June 24, 1944
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The Headlines
NAZIS MAKE STAND IN CENTRAL ITALY; Fight Fiercely in Trasimeno Lake Area but Allies Smash Way Up Coasts THE GERMANS FIGHT BACK IN CENTRAL ITALY Nazis Make Stand in Central Italy But Allies Batter Way Up Coasts
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
- Ambrose Bierce (1842)
- Victor Hess (1883)
- Juan Manuel Fangio (1911)
- Martin Lewis Perl (1927)
- Julia Kristeva (1941)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
29,931 days ago
(82 years, 1 days)