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Wednesday, September 13, 1944
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The Headlines
AMERICANS CRASH INTO REICH AT SECOND POINT, HAMMER SIEGFRIED LINE; BRITISH WIN LE HAVRE; QUEBEC PARLEY WEIGHS 2 PACIFIC STRATEGIES; STRIKE FROM EUPEN Americans Enter Reich at Lammersdorf, 64 Miles From Trier BRITISH WHEEL TO AID Le Havre Captured as Canadians Advance Nearer Holland AMERICANS ENTER REICH FROM EUPEN
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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: Start of the Battle of Meligalas between the Greek Resistance forces of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the collaborationist security battalions.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Roald Dahl (1916)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874)
- Claudette Colbert (1903)
- Clara Schumann (1819)
- Óscar Arias (1940)
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
29,851 days ago
(81 years, 286 days)