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Friday, June 29, 1945
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The Headlines
SENATOR FOR SPEED; New Set-Up Cannot Live Without Us, and World Is Watching, He Says HE CHAMPIONS VETO RIGHT Texan Espouses Full Faith in Peace Organization, Calls Our Own Rights Safe
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Sentimental Journey
Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
On This Day
The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900)
- Giorgio Napolitano (1925)
- Giacomo Leopardi (1798)
- Murad I (1326)
- Oriana Fallaci (1929)
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
29,562 days ago
(80 years, 362 days)