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Wednesday, December 12, 1945
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The Headlines
VETERAN PRIORITY ON HOUSING BACKED IN MAYORS' SESSION; First Choice for Service Men in Buying and Renting New and Emergency Units Urged MEAD BILL IS ENDORSED La Guardia Insists Cities, Not States, Control the Quarters Built With U.S. Funds
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Chickery Chick
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Nancy Norman, Billy Williams and the Kaye Choir
The must-have
Slinky (Gimbels Demo)
On This Day
The People's Republic of Korea is outlawed in the South, by order of the United States Army Military Government in Korea.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Gustave Flaubert (1821)
- Frank Sinatra (1915)
- Edvard Munch (1863)
- Alfred Werner (1866)
- Connie Francis (1937)
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
29,396 days ago
(80 years, 196 days)