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Thursday, June 5, 1941

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The Headlines

FORMER KAISER DIES IN EXILE AT DOORN; RELATIVES WITH HIM; Wilhelm II, 82, Succumbs After Sudden Relapse -- Daughter and Others at Bedside HITLER SENDS CONDOLENCE Ex-Emperor Will Be Buried at Netherland Estate Monday -- Nazis Restrained Over News EX-KAISER, 82, DIES IN EXILE AT DOORN

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

My Sister and I

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

  • World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1941

  • A date which will live in infamy

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

31,046 days ago

(85 years, 21 days)