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Monday, November 19, 1945
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The Headlines
IRANIANS REVOLT, LED BY RED PARTY, TEHERAN REPORTS; Russian Trucks in Azerbaijan Said to Arm Insurgents--7 Officials Listed as Killed 4 TOWNS BELIEVED SEIZED Rising Since Friday Described as Spreading--Garrisons Cut Off, Lines to Capital Down Party Recently Organized Civilians Also Killed IRANIANS REVOLT, TEHERAN REPORTS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
It's Been a Long, Long Time
Harry James and His Orchestra with Kitty Kallen
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- Indira Gandhi (1917)
- James A. Garfield (1831)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (1711)
- Charles I of England (1600)
- José Raúl Capablanca (1888)
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
29,418 days ago
(80 years, 218 days)