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On the date

Tuesday, April 15, 1941

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The Headlines

LEHMAN CHAMPIONS WICKS TRANSIT BILL; Poletti Joins in Ridiculing the C.I.O. Plea That It Bars Subway Strike Here LEHMAN DEFENDS WICKS MEASURE

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

  • In the Belfast Blitz, 200 bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing some 1,000 people.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1941

  • A date which will live in infamy

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

31,098 days ago

(85 years, 73 days)