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Monday, May 7, 1945
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The Headlines
CZECHS IN PRAGUE SEE AID AT HAND; Latest Partisan Broadcast Says Relief Forces Are Only 15 Miles Away CZECHS IN PRAGUE SEE AID AT HAND
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There! I've Said It Again
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra with Vaughn Monroe and the Norton Sisters
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
On This Day
World War II: Last German U-boat attack of the war, two freighters are sunk off the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840)
- David Hume (1711)
- Johannes Brahms (1833)
- Josip Broz Tito (1892)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
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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
29,614 days ago
(81 years, 49 days)