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Saturday, May 24, 1941
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The Headlines
LINDBERGH JOINS IN WHEELER PLEA TO U.S. TO SHUN WAR; 22,000 at Madison Sq. Garden Peace Rally Cheer Leaders' Attacks on Intervention ROOSEVELT IS ASSAILED Call for Return to Isolation Stand Demanded -- Move to Eject McWilliams Fails PLEAS AGAINST WAR CHEERED AT GARDEN
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Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: In the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the German battleship Bismarck sinks the pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Bob Dylan (1941)
- Queen Victoria (1819)
- Joseph Brodsky (1940)
- Mikhail Sholokhov (1905)
- Jean-Paul Marat (1743)
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
31,059 days ago
(85 years, 34 days)