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Friday, August 3, 1945
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT SAILS AFTER SEEING KING; Monarch and Truman Confer at Luncheon and Exchange Visits at Plymouth PRESIDENT SAILS AFTER SEEING KING PRESIDENT TRUMAN IS PIPED ABOARD THE RENOWN
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
- Habib Bourguiba (1903)
- Stanley Baldwin (1867)
- Martin Sheen (1940)
- Haakon VII (1872)
- Tony Bennett (1926)
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
29,526 days ago
(80 years, 326 days)