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Sunday, November 26, 1944

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The Headlines

U.S. PLANES RENEW REICH OIL BOMBING; 1,000 8th Air Force 'Heavies' Batter Leuna Plant Again -- Nazi Defense Weak U. S. PLANES RENEW REICH OIL BOMBING

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall

The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

The must-have

Slinky

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Gi

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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

29,776 days ago

(81 years, 211 days)