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Monday, August 20, 1945
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The Headlines
FOES IN MANCHURIA GIVING UP STRUGGLE; Soviet Says Kwantung Forces Have All But Ceased Fighting --98,000 Yieid in Day FOES IN MANCHURIA GIVING UP STRUGGLE Russians Near Mukden Tokyo Reports Parleys Begun
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Harrison (1833)
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890)
- Rajiv Gandhi (1944)
- Slobodan Milošević (1941)
- Salvatore Quasimodo (1901)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
29,509 days ago
(80 years, 309 days)