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Friday, March 2, 1945
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The Headlines
MARINES DRIVE FOE TO IWO'S NORTH END; Smash Way to Within Mile of Tip and Japanese Regroup for Death Stand in Hills Third Airfield Reached MARINES DRIVE FOE TO IWO'S NORTH END Signs of Enemy Crack-Up Iwo Enemy Commanders Named
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)
You Share a Birthday With
- Mikhail Gorbachev (1931)
- Pope Pius XII (1876)
- Pope Leo XIII (1810)
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937)
- Benedict of Nursia (480)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
29,680 days ago
(81 years, 115 days)