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Friday, August 31, 1945
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The Headlines
100,000 YUGOSLAVS REPORTED CAPTIVES; Huge Political Prisoner Camp Said to Be Near Zagreb-- Protests Are Stirred 100,000 YUGOSLAVS REPORTED CAPTIVES
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
- Maria Montessori (1870)
- Théophile Gautier (1811)
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821)
- Commodus (161)
- Jahangir (1569)
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
29,498 days ago
(80 years, 298 days)