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Tuesday, July 11, 1944
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The Headlines
NEW YORK CROWDS ACCLAIM DE GAULLE IN WHIRLWIND DAY; Victory Now Shines in Skies Over France, He Declares at Official Welcome Here U.S. ROLE IN WAR LAUDED His Talks With Roosevelt Are Termed 'Comforting' -- Future Cooperation Pledged THE CHIEF OF THE FRENCH NATIONAL COMMITTEE IS WELCOMED BY THE CITY NEW YORK CROWDS ACCLAIM DE GAULLE Victory Now Shines in Skies Over France, He Declares at Reception Here
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I'll Be Seeing You
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- John Quincy Adams (1767)
- Giorgio Armani (1934)
- Alexander Prokhorov (1916)
- Robert the Bruce (1274)
- Yul Brynner (1920)
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
29,914 days ago
(81 years, 349 days)