From the day
On the date
Wednesday, September 6, 1944
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The Headlines
U.S. BOMBERS ROCK RHINELAND TARGETS; Karlsruhe, a Nazi Defense Key, Hit Also by RAF in Blow Ahead of Patton's Troops U.S. BOMBERS ROCK RHINELAND BASES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Swinging on a Star
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet
The must-have
Slinky
On This Day
World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
Wikipedia →World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- John Dalton (1766)
- Jane Addams (1860)
- Edward Appleton (1892)
- Roger Waters (1943)
- Emir Abdelkader (1808)
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
29,857 days ago
(81 years, 292 days)