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Friday, April 6, 1945

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The Headlines

BIG GAINS IN REICH; British Leap 25 Miles-- U.S. 9th Spans Weser to Close on Hanover THIRD FORGES AHEAD Reaches Point 132 Miles From Berlin--Ruhr Pocket Pared Down BRITISH IN DRIVE CLOSER TO BREMEN Germans Throw in Planes Airborne Division in Minden German Disorder Growing

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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)

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

29,646 days ago

(81 years, 81 days)