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Saturday, December 20, 1941
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The Headlines
REDS AND BUNDS CURBED BY BILL; House Votes Plan for Registry as Alien Agents -- Moves to Put Enforcement Under FBI HOUSE VOTES CURB ON REDS AND BUNDS
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Elmer's Tune
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers", in Kunming, China.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Kim Young-sam (1927)
- Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890)
- John III of Sweden (1537)
- Ferdinand Buisson (1841)
- David Bohm (1917)
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
30,848 days ago
(84 years, 188 days)