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Thursday, August 30, 1945
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The Headlines
BASE SURRENDERS; OUR MARINES LAND ON THE SOIL OF JAPAN
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)
On This Day
The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
Wikipedia →The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.
Wikipedia →The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Warren Buffett (1930)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
- Jacques-Louis David (1748)
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
29,500 days ago
(80 years, 300 days)