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Wednesday, April 4, 1945
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The Headlines
RED ARMY SPEEDING; Wiener Neustadt Taken in Spreading Surge Across Austria BRATISLAVA SIEGE ON Suburb of City Falls-- Yugoslav Line Crossed in Swing to South Yugoslav Border Crossed RUSSIANS 6 MILES OUTSIDE OF VIENNA Bag of Prisoners Grows
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)
On This Day
World War II: Soviet Red Army troops liberate Hungary from German occupation.
Wikipedia →World War II: United States Army troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
Wikipedia →World War II: United States Army troops capture Kassel.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Maya Angelou (1928)
- Andrei Tarkovsky (1932)
- Caracalla (188)
- Marguerite Duras (1914)
- Isoroku Yamamoto (1884)
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
29,647 days ago
(81 years, 82 days)