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On the date
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.
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You Share a Birthday With
- François Mitterrand (1916)
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919)
- Georges Danton (1759)
- Bob Hoskins (1942)
- Napoleon Hill (1883)
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
29,808 days ago
(81 years, 243 days)