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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
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
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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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You Share a Birthday With
- Joan of Arc (1412)
- Kahlil Gibran (1883)
- Kim Dae-jung (1924)
- Carl Sandburg (1878)
- Adriano Celentano (1938)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
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)