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Saturday, June 23, 1945
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The Headlines
WOOLLEY SUSPENDS ROSS, AIDE IN OPA; Maladministration Is Laid to Enforcement Head--Seen as Start of Shake-Up Here Says He Refused to Quit WOOLLEY SUSPENDS ROSS, AIDE IN OPA Consumer Groups Protest
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
- Alan Turing (1912)
- Anna Akhmatova (1889)
- Edward VIII (1894)
- Martti Ahtisaari (1937)
- Oda Nobunaga (1534)
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
29,567 days ago
(81 years, 2 days)