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Friday, September 21, 1945
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The Headlines
Jobless Pay for 26 Weeks Is Voted by Senate, 61 to 16; Approved Bill, Also Calling for War Worker Travel Allowances, Does Not Invade 'States' Rights,' George Asserts 26-WEEK IDLE PAY VOTED BY SENATE Mead Proposal Defeated Travel Pay Provided Millikin Proposal Is Killed
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Till the End of Time
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- H. G. Wells (1866)
- Kwame Nkrumah (1909)
- Leonard Cohen (1934)
- Abdul Hamid II (1842)
- Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853)
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
29,477 days ago
(80 years, 277 days)