From the day
On the date
Friday, August 24, 1945
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The Headlines
Chinese Communists Mass For Clash, Chungking Hears; Reported Near Peiping and in Tientsin-- 1,000,000 Japanese to Yield to Chiang-- Foe Protests Peril in Disarming REDS SAID TO MASS FOR CLASH IN CHINA Airborne Occupation Planned Tokyo Asks More Time in China
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)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
29,506 days ago
(80 years, 306 days)