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On the date

Sunday, December 28, 1941

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The Headlines

INJURY TO LANSING WORRIES FORDHAM; But Trainer Insists Shoulder Bruise Will Not Keep End Out of Sugar Bowl Game

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: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1941

  • A date which will live in infamy

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

30,840 days ago

(84 years, 180 days)