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On the date
Wednesday, September 19, 1945
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The Headlines
LA GUARDIA SPURS GAMBLING CRUSADE; Borough Police Commanders Ordered to Clean Up City in 'a Beef and a Pep Talk' Mayor Spurs Gambling Crusade By 'a Beef and Pep Talk' to Police A Beef and a Pep Talk" Photographic Evidence Reported
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Till the End of Time
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- William Golding (1911)
- Henry III of France (1551)
- Masatoshi Koshiba (1926)
- Emil Zátopek (1922)
- Lajos Kossuth (1802)
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
29,479 days ago
(80 years, 279 days)