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Friday, February 7, 1941
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The Headlines
R.A.F. BLASTS PATH FOR BRITISH TROOPS DASHING TO BENGAZI; Twin Airports at Libyan City Are Raided and Barce Rail Station Is Bombed Again INVASIONS IN EAST PUSHED Fascist Defenders at Cheren, Eritrea, Face an Assault -- Italians Lose 1,500 Men
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
- Charles Dickens (1812)
- Thomas More (1478)
- Sinclair Lewis (1885)
- Alfred Adler (1870)
- Puyi (1906)
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
31,164 days ago
(85 years, 139 days)