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Saturday, March 22, 1941
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The Headlines
LAST ITALIAN POST IN EAST LIBYA FALLS; British Seize 800 at Jarabub Oasis -- Recapture Hargeisa in Somaliland -- Batter Cheren LAST ITALIAN POST CAPTURED IN LIBYA
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
- Robert Millikan (1868)
- Wilhelm I (1797)
- Anthony van Dyck (1599)
- Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459)
- Ulugh Beg (1394)
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
31,121 days ago
(85 years, 96 days)