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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
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
- Adam Smith (1723)
- Barbara McClintock (1902)
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1929)
- Gustaf V (1858)
- Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882)
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
29,574 days ago
(81 years, 9 days)