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Thursday, May 3, 1945
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The Headlines
Copenhagen Certain Foe Must Go, But Nazis Deny Norse, Danish Exit; DANES CONFIDENT OFFOE'S DEPARTURE Foe Denies Evacuation Plan Quisling Quits, Stays On
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Dream
The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
On This Day
World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Niccolò Machiavelli (1469)
- Golda Meir (1898)
- Bing Crosby (1903)
- James Brown (1933)
- Steven Weinberg (1933)
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
29,619 days ago
(81 years, 54 days)