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Thursday, February 8, 1945

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The Headlines

RUSSIANS SMASH ON; Zhukoff, 31 Miles From Berlin, Is Reported Across the Oder FRANKFORT MENACED Near-by Kunersdorf Won --Tanks Stab Kuestrin --Koneff Gains Oder Citadels Shelled RUSSIANS SMASH ON AT BERLIN'S GATES Zhukoff Closer to Berlin Kunersdorf Battle Won East Prussian Lines Sway

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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

29,702 days ago

(81 years, 137 days)