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On the date
Sunday, May 24, 1942
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The Headlines
CRIMEAN TIP LOST; Red Army Is Withdrawn With Its Equipment to the Caucasus KHARKOV BATTLE RAGES ON Moscow Claims Local Gains -- Berlin Reports the Offensive Smashed by Axis Troops
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
- Bob Dylan (1941)
- Queen Victoria (1819)
- Joseph Brodsky (1940)
- Mikhail Sholokhov (1905)
- Jean-Paul Marat (1743)
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
30,693 days ago
(84 years, 33 days)