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Tuesday, April 3, 1945
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The Headlines
NORTH REICH CUT UP; Montgomery Tanks Peril Osnabrueck, Hanover-- Muenster Entered V-2 BASES BLOCKED First Army Beats Back German Forces Trying to Smash Ruhr Trap British Near Osnabrueck 350,000 Captured in March BRITISH 100 MILES EAST OF THE RHINE Canadians Cut V-2 Route Patton's Tanks Keep On Sixth Advances 12 Miles German Corps Commander Taken
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time
Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- Marlon Brando (1924)
- Helmut Kohl (1930)
- Jane Goodall (1934)
- Washington Irving (1783)
- Doris Day (1922)
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
29,648 days ago
(81 years, 83 days)