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Saturday, August 30, 1941
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The Headlines
CHINESE ATTACK IN FIVE PROVINCES; Vanguards Are at Outskirts of Nanchang and Foochow in Vast Counter-Movement CHINESE ATTACK IN FIVE PROVINCES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
The Tighina Agreement, a treaty regarding administration issues of the Transnistria Governorate, is signed between Germany and Romania.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Warren Buffett (1930)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
- Jacques-Louis David (1748)
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
30,960 days ago
(84 years, 300 days)