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Thursday, June 14, 1945

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The Headlines

EISENHOWER FETE OUTLINED BY CITY; Impatience Voiced Over the Mayor's Delay in Announcing Routes of Parades EISENHOWER FETE OUTLINED BY CITY

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Sentimental Journey

Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

  • World War II: Filipino troops of the Philippine Commonwealth Army liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1945

  • Who's on first?

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

29,576 days ago

(81 years, 11 days)