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Thursday, July 12, 1945
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The Headlines
AIR BLOW AT JAPAN SHIFTS TO KYUSHU; TOKYO IS WORRIED; Enemy Radio Predicts a New Landing, Sees Battle of Homeland Drawing Near SILENCE SHROUDS FLEET Ryukyus Hit Anew--Foe Says 200 British Carrier Planes Strike Off Sumatra Strong Forces" in New Attack Cargo Ships Strafed AIR BLOW AT JAPAN SHIFTS TO KYUSHU
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
- Pablo Neruda (1904)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817)
- Amedeo Modigliani (1884)
- Buckminster Fuller (1895)
- Bill Cosby (1937)
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
29,549 days ago
(80 years, 349 days)