From the day
On the date
Sunday, December 21, 1941
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The Headlines
In the West
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
World War II: A Thai-Japanese Pact of Alliance is signed.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804)
- Heinrich Böll (1917)
- Jane Fonda (1937)
- Frank Zappa (1940)
- Kurt Waldheim (1918)
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
30,848 days ago
(84 years, 188 days)