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On the date

Saturday, June 16, 1945

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The Headlines

Hunted Nazi Found in Bed In British Raid for 'Lodger'; Poison Discovered on Ribbentrop but He Gets No Chance to Use It--Son of a Former Friend Is Said to Have Betrayed Him Ribbentrop Seized in Hamburg; British Find Him Asleep in Bed Shared Divorcee's Apartment Betrayed by a German

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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)

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

29,574 days ago

(81 years, 9 days)