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Thursday, October 25, 1945
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The Headlines
AMERICAN AIRLINES ENDS CHICAGO TRIPS BECAUSE OF STRIKE; Suspension of Service Comes as UAW Seeks to Cripple Traffic All Over Nation FLIGHTS MAINTAINED HERE National Mediation Board to Send Representatives to Make Inquiry in 2 Disputes American Airlines Suspends Flight Service In and Out of Chicago as a Result of Strike
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Till the End of Time
Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
On This Day
Fifty years of Japanese administration of Taiwan formally ends when the Republic of China assumes control.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Picasso (1881)
- Georges Bizet (1838)
- Évariste Galois (1811)
- Johann Strauss II (1825)
- Max Stirner (1806)
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
Meanwhile
- Post-WWII Expansion — The 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.
Time Elapsed
29,443 days ago
(80 years, 243 days)