From the day
On the date
Saturday, July 22, 1944
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The Headlines
U.S. PATROLS STAB ACROSS ARNO RIVER; Pierce Mountain Fringes of Gothic Line While British Thrust Nearer Florence U. S. PATROLS STAB ACROSS ARNO RIVER
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
I'll Be Seeing You
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky
On This Day
The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887)
- Janusz Korczak (1878)
- Selman Waksman (1888)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784)
- Louise Fletcher (1934)
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
29,904 days ago
(81 years, 339 days)