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Tuesday, January 7, 1941
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The Headlines
PUSH DEEP IN LIBYA; Australians Follow Up Bardia Victory With Stab at Vital Port R.A.F. BOMBS REGION Raids Also Pound Tripoli -- Count of Prisoners Passes 30,000 PUSH DEEP IN LIBYA MADE BY BRITISH
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Frenesi
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Millard Fillmore (1800)
- Pope Gregory XIII (1502)
- Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858)
- Joseph Bonaparte (1768)
- Bernadette Soubirous (1844)
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)