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On the date
Sunday, June 14, 1942
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The Headlines
Frank Mandel Plans a Return to the Ranks Of the Producers; GOSSIP, OF THE RIALTO
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Sleepy Lagoon
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Che Guevara (1928)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811)
- Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736)
- Karl Landsteiner (1868)
- Alois Alzheimer (1864)
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
30,672 days ago
(84 years, 12 days)