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On the date

Tuesday, July 4, 1944

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The Headlines

Doughboys Land on Numfor, Swiftly Win Main Airfield; ANOTHER LANDING IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC DOUGHBOYS LAND ON NUMFOR ISLE

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#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

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

29,921 days ago

(81 years, 356 days)