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Thursday, May 10, 1945
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The Headlines
RECORD B-29 BLOW; More Than 400 Attack New Targets on Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu TOKYO CHIEFS FIRM Cabinet Says Japanese Will Fight On Alone-- Allied Forces Gain
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
There! I've Said It Again
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra with Vaughn Monroe and the Norton Sisters
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- Fred Astaire (1899)
- Heydar Aliyev (1923)
- Gustav Stresemann (1878)
- Karl Barth (1886)
- Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788)
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
29,612 days ago
(81 years, 47 days)