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Friday, May 24, 1940
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The Headlines
NAVY BILL PASSED BY SENATE, 78 TO 0; Mass Production of Airplanes Projected--Industrialists Pledge Defense Cooperation
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico.
Wikipedia →Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Queen Victoria (1819)
- Joseph Brodsky (1940)
- Mikhail Sholokhov (1905)
- Jean-Paul Marat (1743)
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
31,424 days ago
(86 years, 34 days)