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Thursday, September 14, 1944
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The Headlines
QUEBEC A PRELUDE TO STALIN PARLEY; Another 'Teheran' to Follow Soon -- Talks, Near Close, Map Year of Global War QUEBEC A PRELUDE TO STALIN PARLEY
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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: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander von Humboldt (1769)
- Francisco de Quevedo (1580)
- Renzo Piano (1937)
- Margaret Sanger (1879)
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486)
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
29,849 days ago
(81 years, 284 days)