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On the date
Monday, April 21, 1941
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The Headlines
TRIKKALA IS TAKEN; Germans Capture Rail Town and Also Push Beyond Larissa DIVING PLANES CLEAR WAY Keitel Tells Hitler, in Field on Birthday, British Are About to Be Driven Off Continent TRIKKALA IS TAKEN IN NAZI ADVANCE STILL DEEPER INTO GREECE DRIVES GERMANY'S WAR MACHINE
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
- Elizabeth II (1926)
- Max Weber (1864)
- Charlotte Brontë (1816)
- Anthony Quinn (1915)
- Percy Williams Bridgman (1882)
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
31,091 days ago
(85 years, 66 days)