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Sunday, October 15, 1944
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The Headlines
OKAYAMA BLASTED; Superfortresses Strike Most Important Depot South of Japan JAPAN VOICES ALARM Reports Carrier Planes Attacking Formosa on 7th Day of Blows OKAYAMA BLASTED IN TOP B-29 BLOW B-29'S BATTER FORMOSA, BUT FOE GAINS IN CHINA 0
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You Always Hurt the One You Love
The Mills Brothers
The must-have
Slinky
On This Day
World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after Hungary announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844)
- Akbar (1542)
- Mikhail Lermontov (1814)
- Michel Foucault (1926)
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
29,818 days ago
(81 years, 253 days)