From the day
On the date
Saturday, January 17, 1942
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The Headlines
21 ON A LOST PLANE; MISS LOMBARD ONE; TWA Airliner Vanishes After Leaving Las Vegas -- Blast Heard, Fire on Peak Seen 21 ON A LOST PLANE; MISS LOMBARD ONE
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
- Benjamin Franklin (1706)
- Muhammad Ali (1942)
- David Lloyd George (1863)
- Anne Brontë (1820)
- Al Capone (1899)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that
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
30,820 days ago
(84 years, 160 days)