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Friday, June 15, 1945
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The Headlines
3,000-Ton Air Blow at Japan Disclosed by Arnold in Guam; General Pledges Total of 2,000,000 Tons Within Coming Year--Doolittle's 8th Air Force to Join Attacks 520 B-29'S SMASH AT PORT OF OSAKA First News of His Presence Best Plane in World Eighth Air Force to Join Fight Uses Reich as Illustration Forts" in Pacific, Foe Says Honshu Shipping Battered
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
- Yuri Andropov (1914)
- Edvard Grieg (1843)
- Johnny Hallyday (1943)
- Erik Erikson (1902)
- Herbert A. Simon (1916)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
29,576 days ago
(81 years, 11 days)