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Thursday, January 23, 1941
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The Headlines
100 ITALIAN TRUCKS BLASTED BY GREEKS; Planes Also Bomb, Machine-Gun Troops -- Fascist Counter-Attack Reported Repulsed
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Frenesi
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
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You Share a Birthday With
- David Hilbert (1862)
- Stendhal (1783)
- Édouard Manet (1832)
- Derek Walcott (1930)
- Hideki Yukawa (1907)
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
31,180 days ago
(85 years, 155 days)