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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.

    Wikipedia →

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

29,904 days ago

(81 years, 339 days)