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Wednesday, April 29, 1942
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The Headlines
AURORA OF LIGHTS DIMS OUT IN CITY FOR THE DURATION; Skyscrapers Lost in Low Haze as Famed Display Here Is Darkened by Army STREET BULBS GLOW DULLY Great Signs in Times Square Found to Illuminate the Mist Lying Over the Area AURORA OF LIGHTS DIMS OUT IN 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
- Hirohito (1901)
- Henri Poincaré (1854)
- Alexander II of Russia (1818)
- Duke Ellington (1899)
- Harold Urey (1893)
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
30,718 days ago
(84 years, 58 days)