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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
Read in The New York Times →#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.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Charles K. Kao (1933)
- Walter Cronkite (1916)
- Joseph Rotblat (1908)
- Will Rogers (1879)
- Thomas Klestil (1932)
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
29,798 days ago
(81 years, 233 days)