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Thursday, April 25, 1940
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The Headlines
REICH GOVERNMENT DECLARED IN OSLO; 'Puppets' for Occupied Norway Are Discarded as Hitler Sends His Commissar
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Al Pacino (1940)
- Guglielmo Marconi (1874)
- Oliver Cromwell (1599)
- Wolfgang Pauli (1900)
- Ella Fitzgerald (1917)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
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
31,453 days ago
(86 years, 63 days)