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On the date
Sunday, April 20, 1941
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The Headlines
99 COMMON STOCKS TOP YIELDS OF 10%; Exchange's Magazine Indicates Also That 152 Exceed 9% and 226 Better 8% AVERAGE OF 577 IS 7.2% 50 Issues, With Dividend Record of 10 Years, Now Pay 6 to 11.1 Per Cent
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
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Napoleon III (1808)
- Joan Miró (1893)
- Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939)
- Harold Lloyd (1893)
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
31,092 days ago
(85 years, 67 days)