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Tuesday, February 6, 1945

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The Headlines

RED ARMY LINED UP; Springboard on River, 33 Miles From Berlin, Captured at Zellin FRANKFORT FLANKED Nazi Groups Isolated-- Foe Claims Drive on Stettin Is in Check Foe Reports a Victory RED ARMY LINED UP AT BERLIN BARRIER Kuestrin's Position Precarious Samland Peninsula Cleared

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Rum and Coca-Cola

Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1945

  • Who's on first?

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

29,704 days ago

(81 years, 139 days)