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On the date
Wednesday, February 26, 1941
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT IS FIRM; Wants No Amendment to Bill Tying His Hands in Help to Britain SEES CONGRESS LEADERS Western Hemisphere Defined -- Not Clear on 'Oceania' -- Two New Export Bans Set Up PRESIDENT BARS CURBS IN AID BILL
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
- Victor Hugo (1802)
- Ariel Sharon (1928)
- Johnny Cash (1932)
- Christopher Marlowe (1564)
- Nadezhda Krupskaya (1861)
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
31,145 days ago
(85 years, 120 days)