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On the date
Tuesday, February 20, 1945
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The Headlines
Iwo Beaches Cleared of Foe By Fleet's Terrific Gunfire; LEATHERNECKS WIN A FOOTHOLD ON IWO IN HARD BATTLING IWO SHORE CLEARED OF FOE BY GUNFIRE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Rum and Coca-Cola
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
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
29,691 days ago
(81 years, 126 days)