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Monday, April 27, 1942
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The Headlines
CHINESE RETAKE EAST BURMA CITY; But Japanese Move North on Railway in Central Area, Occupying Yamethin A GAIN AND A LOSS ON THE BURMA FRONT CHINESE RETAKE EAST BURMA CITY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Moonlight Cocktail
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Ulysses S. Grant (1822)
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759)
- Herbert Spencer (1820)
- Samuel Morse (1791)
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
30,721 days ago
(84 years, 61 days)