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Monday, January 6, 1941

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The Headlines

11 NAVY FLIERS DIE IN PLANE RAMMING CALIFORNIA PEAK; Victims Include 4 Survivors of Bomber Crash in Texas and 3 of Inquiry Board BOULDER STRUCK IN FOG Upon Impact the Transport, Bound for San Diego Base, Burst Afire and Exploded 11 Navy Fliers Killed on California Peak As Transport Plane in Fog Rams Boulder

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Frenesi

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

  • United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1941

  • A date which will live in infamy

Tech Check

Aerosol Spray Cans, Z3 Computer & Dacron.

Cost of Living (1940)

Loaf of Bread

$0.08

Gallon of Gas

$0.18

Average Home

$2,938

New Car

$850

Time Elapsed

31,196 days ago

(85 years, 171 days)