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Thursday, March 22, 1945
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The Headlines
COMPROMISE CALLED STRONGER JOB BILL; Some Conferees Say Proposal Tying Senate-House Measures Is 'All Teeth' Section Is Explained COMPROMISE HELD STRONGER JOB BILL Powers Could Be Delegated
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
On This Day
The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
Wikipedia →World War II: The city of Hildesheim, Germany, is heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Robert Millikan (1868)
- Wilhelm I (1797)
- Anthony van Dyck (1599)
- Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459)
- Ulugh Beg (1394)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
29,660 days ago
(81 years, 95 days)