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On the date

Monday, June 16, 1941

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The Headlines

AIR CORPS CREATING BIG UNIT TO FERRY BOMBERS TO PORTS; Command Headed by Col. Olds Also Plans to Run Assembly Plants to Speed Up Aid PILOT TRAINING TO BENEFIT And System Will Free Civilian Experts for Task of Flying Planes Over Atlantic AIR CORPS CREATING BIG FERRY SERVICE

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Daddy

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

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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

31,036 days ago

(85 years, 11 days)