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Friday, December 21, 1945
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The Headlines
Army Revises Its Surplus; Will Let $400,000,000 Go; ARMY REVISES ITS HUGE SURPLUS
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
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804)
- Hu Jintao (1942)
- Heinrich Böll (1917)
- Jane Fonda (1937)
- Frank Zappa (1940)
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
29,386 days ago
(80 years, 186 days)