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Saturday, June 21, 1941
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The Headlines
Germans Add to Spying Charges Against the U.S. Consulates -- Allege British Secret Service Got Information in Washington
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
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905)
- Françoise Sagan (1935)
- Pope Leo IX (1002)
- Machado de Assis (1839)
- Siméon Denis Poisson (1781)
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
31,031 days ago
(85 years, 6 days)