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On the date

Thursday, January 30, 1941

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The Headlines

HIGHER DEBT ASKED; Morgenthau Asserts Our Borrowing Limit Will Last Only 4 Months WOULD TAP 'REAL SAVINGS' Public Should Help Finance Arms Program, He Says -Would Tax New Issues DEFENSE COST PUT AT $28,500,000,000

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Frenesi

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Gi

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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

31,173 days ago

(85 years, 148 days)