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Sunday, May 13, 1945
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The Headlines
FOR THE OFFENSIVE; Further Word on the Showing of Fact Films in Theatres at This Time
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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: Yevgeny Khaldei's photograph Raising a Flag over the Reichstag is published in Ogonyok magazine.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Pius IX (1792)
- Alphonse Daudet (1840)
- Maria Theresa (1717)
- Ronald Ross (1857)
- Georges Braque (1882)
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
29,609 days ago
(81 years, 44 days)