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On the date
Wednesday, January 29, 1941
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The Headlines
SPRING BLOW SEEN; Nazis Believed to Have 36,000 Planes Ready to Assail Britain NEW WEAPONS EXPECTED General Marshall Holds That British Can Repel Invasion With Help From U.S. BIG NAZI AIR BLOW IN SPRING FORECAST
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
- Anton Chekhov (1860)
- William McKinley (1843)
- Romain Rolland (1866)
- Emanuel Swedenborg (1688)
- Abdus Salam (1926)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Bobby Soxer
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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
31,174 days ago
(85 years, 149 days)