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On the date
Tuesday, June 30, 1942
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The Headlines
RED ARMY CHECKS NAZIS' KURSK PUSH; But Falls Back at Sevastopol -- Foe Says He Has Driven to Hill Defenses There
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
- Czesław Miłosz (1911)
- Walter Ulbricht (1893)
- Charles VIII of France (1470)
- Paul Berg (1926)
- Susan Hayward (1917)
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
30,656 days ago
(83 years, 361 days)