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Saturday, November 4, 1944

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT TRAVELS TO NEW ENGLAND FOR STRONG DRIVE; Schedules Four Talks, Including Last Major Address at Boston Tonight

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'll Walk Alone

Dinah Shore

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

  • World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.

    Wikipedia →
  • World War II: Operation Pheasant, an Allied offensive to liberate North Brabant in the Netherlands, ends successfully.

    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

29,798 days ago

(81 years, 233 days)