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Saturday, May 19, 1945
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The Headlines
Eire to Aid Europe With Relief Goods
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)
On This Day
Syrian demonstrators in Damascus are fired upon by French troops injuring twelve, leading to the Levant Crisis.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)
- Ho Chi Minh (1890)
- Malcolm X (1925)
- Pol Pot (1925)
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762)
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
29,603 days ago
(81 years, 38 days)