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On the date
Friday, January 9, 1942
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The Headlines
MARINE EPIC GROWS; Roosevelt Citation Given With First-Hand Data on Exploits on Isle NAVY BAGS 4 ENEMY SHIPS Japanese Transport and Three 10,000-Ton Freighters Sunk by a Submarine in Orient WAKE EPIC GROWS; 7 WARSHIPS SUNK
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Richard Nixon (1913)
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908)
- AD 727 (727)
- Karel Čapek (1890)
- Joan Baez (1941)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
30,829 days ago
(84 years, 169 days)