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Thursday, November 30, 1944
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The Headlines
'Foxhole Surgeon,' 19, Saves Soldier With Jackknife and Fountain Pen; 'FOXHOLE SURGEON' SAVES DYING YANK
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Winston Churchill (1874)
- Mark Twain (1835)
- Jonathan Swift (1667)
- Woody Allen (1935)
- Theodor Mommsen (1817)
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
29,773 days ago
(81 years, 208 days)