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Thursday, February 29, 1940
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The Headlines
Navy Building Rushed Ahead of Program; Giant Battleships Are Now Considered; NAVY BUILDING SPED AHEAD OF PROGRAM
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's consul general in San Francisco.
Wikipedia →For her performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
Wikipedia →Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Gioachino Rossini (1792)
- Pope Paul III (1468)
- Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940)
- Morarji Desai (1896)
- Herman Hollerith (1860)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Color TV Broadcasts, Jeep & Radar Systems.
Style of 1940
Silhouette: Boxy and austere (Utility)
Material: Rayon and tweed
- Victory rolls
- Utility suits
- Snoods
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
31,508 days ago
(86 years, 118 days)