From the day
On the date
Tuesday, June 24, 1941
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The Headlines
OUR POLICY STATED; Welles Says Defeat of Hitler Conquest Plans Is Greatest Task ATTACK ON NAZIS IS BITTER Drive Into Russia Is Termed 'Treacherous' -- Aid to Soviet Is Held Sure if It Asks OUR POLICY STATED IN SOVIET-NAZI WAR DISCUSS WAR IN RUSSIA WITH THE PRESIDENT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
My Sister and I
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Ambrose Bierce (1842)
- Victor Hess (1883)
- Juan Manuel Fangio (1911)
- Martin Lewis Perl (1927)
- Julia Kristeva (1941)
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
31,027 days ago
(85 years, 2 days)