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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
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Daddy
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Adam Smith (1723)
- Barbara McClintock (1902)
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1929)
- Gustaf V (1858)
- Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882)
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
31,036 days ago
(85 years, 11 days)