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Monday, July 23, 1945
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The Headlines
FOE'S FUEL SLASHED; 75 to 100 B-29's Batter Ube Synthetic Plant in Pre-Dawn Strike 490-TON BLOW IS DEALT Mustangs From Iwo Attack Osaka Area--MacArthur's Fliers Range Asiatic Coast 'SUPERFORTS' BOMB HONSHU OIL WORKS Foe Smashed in Amoy Harbor Matsuwa Attack From Aleutians
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On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
On This Day
The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Sergio Mattarella (1941)
- Haile Selassie (1892)
- Raymond Chandler (1888)
- Pope Clement XI (1649)
- Vera Rubin (1928)
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
29,537 days ago
(80 years, 337 days)