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Sunday, April 15, 1945
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The Headlines
TRUMAN SORROWS; He Attends Services at White House and Then Goes On to Hyde Park HOLDS CONFERENCES President Has Luncheon Talk With Hopkins and Meets Byrnes Again
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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
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Leonhard Euler (1707)
- Nikita Khrushchev (1894)
- Kim Il Sung (1912)
- Émile Durkheim (1858)
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
29,637 days ago
(81 years, 72 days)