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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

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#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.

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  • World War II: United States Army troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.

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  • World War II: United States Army troops capture Kassel.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1945

  • Who's on first?

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)