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On the date
Thursday, December 12, 1940
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The Headlines
LOTHIAN DECLARES VICTORY OR DEFEAT RESTS ON OUR HELP; England, Alone, Cannot Be Sure of Result, Envoy Warns Farm Bureau Federation PREDICTS NAZI SEA ATTACK 1941 Will Be Dangerous Year, but With Our Aid Britain Can Win in 1942, He Asserts
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Only Forever
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Gustave Flaubert (1821)
- Frank Sinatra (1915)
- Edvard Munch (1863)
- Alfred Werner (1866)
- Connie Francis (1937)
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
31,221 days ago
(85 years, 196 days)