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Thursday, November 22, 1945
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The Headlines
GERMANS PLOTTED IN '40 TO FIGHT U.S., JACKSON CHARGES; Opening Speech to War-Crimes Court Quotes Order to Get Bases in Atlantic ALL PLEAD NOT GUILTY Motion for Dismissal Fails-- Wehrmacht Code Cited to Spike Defense Pleas Exhibits to Be Delayed GERMANS PLOTTED IN '40 TO FIGHT U.S. Anticipates Defense Knew Orders Were Illegal Defendants Attentive Hess Snaps Out "Nein" Sauckel and Jodl Verbose Report on Hess Expected
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
- Charles de Gaulle (1890)
- André Gide (1869)
- George Eliot (1819)
- Terry Gilliam (1940)
- Abigail Adams (1744)
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
29,416 days ago
(80 years, 216 days)