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Tuesday, July 24, 1945
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The Headlines
Last U.S. Navy Ships Quit British Coast
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
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)
You Share a Birthday With
- Simón Bolívar (1783)
- Alexandre Dumas (1802)
- Amelia Earhart (1897)
- Henrik Pontoppidan (1857)
- Robert Graves (1895)
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
29,536 days ago
(80 years, 336 days)