From the day
On the date
Thursday, January 25, 1945
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
Murray Tells CIO To Back Wallace
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Don't Fence Me In
Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
On This Day
World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Virginia Woolf (1882)
- Robert Burns (1759)
- Vladimir Vysotsky (1938)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874)
- Robert Boyle (1627)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
29,716 days ago
(81 years, 151 days)