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Thursday, April 19, 1945
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The Headlines
REPUBLICAN HELP IN SENATE PLEDGED TO TRUMAN BY TAFT; THE PRESIDENT ON HIS WAY TO WORK
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
- José Echegaray (1832)
- Getúlio Vargas (1882)
- Glenn T. Seaborg (1912)
- Jayne Mansfield (1933)
- Ferdinand I of Austria (1793)
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
29,632 days ago
(81 years, 67 days)