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Sunday, February 16, 1941
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The Headlines
Contemporary Art Exhibition Opens With a Tea in Florida; Mrs. Benjamin Rogers Is Chairman of the Committee For Event -- Outdoor Sports Lure Colonists. Exhibition of Art Opens in Florida
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
- Octave Mirbeau (1848)
- Kim Jong Il (1941)
- Ernst Haeckel (1834)
- Philip Melanchthon (1497)
- Francis Galton (1822)
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
31,155 days ago
(85 years, 130 days)