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On the date
Wednesday, April 30, 1941
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The Headlines
AXIS PEACE TERMS PUTTING CURB ON US ADVISED IN TOKYO; Japanese Foreign Office Organ Would Give Europe to Nazis, Restrict U.S. in Pacific WANTS OUR BASES CUT It Suggests Demilitarizing of Singapore, Hong Kong, Malta, Gibraltar and Aden as Well JAPAN FOR PEACE RESTRICTING U.S.
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
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777)
- Jaroslav Hašek (1883)
- Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893)
- Mary II (1662)
- Claude Shannon (1916)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
31,082 days ago
(85 years, 57 days)