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On the date
Friday, April 18, 1941
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The Headlines
GREEKS FIGHT HARD; Yield Stubbornly Under Relentless Pressure of Reinforced Nazis ENTIRE FRONT ACTIVE Axis Forces Dash to Trap Foe in Albania -- Mount Olympus Flank Holds GREEKS DROP BACK; BRITISH HOLD LINE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- David Ricardo (1772)
- Michael D. Higgins (1941)
- Lucrezia Borgia (1480)
- Samuel P. Huntington (1927)
- Ahmed I (1590)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
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
31,094 days ago
(85 years, 69 days)