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On the date
Saturday, December 8, 1945
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The Headlines
ALLIES TO RESETTLE GERMAN MINORITIES; ALLIES TO RESETTLE GERMAN MINORITIES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
It's Been a Long, Long Time
Bing Crosby with Les Paul and His Trio
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
You Share a Birthday With
- Jim Morrison (1943)
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1542)
- Jean Sibelius (1865)
- Diego Rivera (1886)
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
29,399 days ago
(80 years, 199 days)