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On the date
Wednesday, February 12, 1941
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The Headlines
HANOVER SET AFIRE; 6-Hour Attack Compared to Raid on Coventry -- Ports Also Bombed 8 OTHER REICH TOWNS HIT Germans Fail to Strike Back in Britain, but Report 41 R.A.F. Planes Destroyed HANOVER SET AFIRE IN WIDE R.A.F. RAIDS
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
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
- Anna Pavlova (1881)
- Julian Schwinger (1918)
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
31,159 days ago
(85 years, 134 days)