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Saturday, May 16, 1942
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The Headlines
BRITISH REMNANTS ELUDE BURMA TRAP; Tengyueh Falls as Japanese Press Into Yunnan -- Serious Threat to China Seen NEW ACTION IN THE BURMA-CHINA-INDIA AREA BRITISH REMNANTS ELUDE BURMA TRAP
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Tangerine
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Henry Fonda (1905)
- Pope Innocent XI (1611)
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718)
- Celâl Bayar (1883)
- William H. Seward (1801)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
30,701 days ago
(84 years, 41 days)