XERXES BIRTHDAY!

Wednesday, June 09, 1943

Top News Headlines This Week:

Jun 9 - "Pay-as-you-go" (withholding) US income tax deductions authorized   Jun 9 - Congress passes "pay-as-you-go" income tax   Jun 10 - FDR becomes 1st US pres to visit a foreign country during wartime   Jun 10 - FDR signs withholding tax bill into law (this is W-2 Day!)   Jun 11 - British invades Pantelleria (tiny island south of Sicily)   Jun 11 - Heinrich Himmler orders liquidation of Polish ghettos

Top Songs for 1943

There Are Such Things by Tommy Dorsey     Paper Doll by Mills Brothers     Sunday, Monday or Always by Bing Crosby     When the Lights Go On Again by Vaughn Monroe     I've Heard That Song Before by Harry James     Taking a Chance On Love by Benny Goodman     Pistol Packin' Mama by Al Dexter     You'll Never Know by Dick Haymes     As Time Goes By by Rudy Vallee     In the Blue of the Evening by Tommy Dorsey

1943 Prices		US President
Bread:	$0.09/loaf	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Milk:	$0.62/gal	US Vice President
Eggs:	$0.62/doz	Henry A. Wallace
Car:	$1,100	Academy Award Winners
Gas:	$0.21/gal	Best Picture: Casablanca   Directed By Michael Curtiz Best Actor: Paul Lukas   in Watch On The Rhine Best Actress: Jennifer Jones   in The Song Of Bernadette
House:	$8,011
Stamp:	$0.03/ea
Avg Income:	$2,561/yr
Min Wage:	$0.30/hr
DOW Avg:	136

People born on June 9
1961 - Michael J Fox Edm, actor (Family Ties, Back to the Future, Teen Wolf) 1930 - Marvin Kalb NYC, educator/newscaster (CBS/NBC) 1934 - Jackie Wilson Detroit, singer (Lonely Teardrops)

Hot New Toys in 1943
Chutes and Ladders

Top Books in 1943
The Nature and Destiny of Man by Reinhold Niebuhr     Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray

copyright 1997-2010 dMarie Direct Inc