From the day
On the date
Saturday, May 23, 1942
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The Headlines
Aircraft Plant Pay Rise Opposed By President as Unsettling Step; PRESIDENT AGAINST AIR PLANT PAY RISE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Tangerine
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Carl Linnaeus (1707)
- Pär Lagerkvist (1891)
- John Bardeen (1908)
- Hans Frank (1900)
- Otto Lilienthal (1848)
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
30,694 days ago
(84 years, 34 days)