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Monday, May 21, 1945
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The Headlines
ARMY URGED TO SET PACE IN BOND DRIVE; Stimson Calls on Soldiers to Exceed Civilian Quotas-- Women's Rally Today Individual Sales $1,613,000,000 ARMY URGED TO SET PACE IN BOND DRIVE Brooklyn Chairman Confident
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Sentimental Journey
Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- Albrecht Dürer (1471)
- Andrei Sakharov (1921)
- Philip II of Spain (1527)
- Mary Robinson (1944)
- Willem Einthoven (1860)
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
29,600 days ago
(81 years, 35 days)