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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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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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You Share a Birthday With
- John Maynard Keynes (1883)
- Federico García Lorca (1898)
- Dennis Gabor (1900)
- Pancho Villa (1878)
- Allvar Gullstrand (1862)
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
31,046 days ago
(85 years, 21 days)