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On the date
Friday, July 13, 1945
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The Headlines
Japanese Hospital Ship Carrying Wake Starving a Scene of Horror; SCENES OF HORROR ON JAPANESE SHIP
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
- 1841 (1851)
- Harrison Ford (1942)
- Wole Soyinka (1934)
- Patrick Stewart (1940)
- Pope Clement X (1590)
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
29,547 days ago
(80 years, 347 days)