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Thursday, October 26, 1944

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The Headlines

U.S. and Britain Recognize Italy; Action Is First With an Ex-Enemy; U.S. and Britain Recognize Italy; Action Is First With an Ex-Enemy

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on Your Hit Parade

You Always Hurt the One You Love

The Mills Brothers

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

  • World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.

    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

29,808 days ago

(81 years, 243 days)