From the day
On the date
Monday, July 6, 1942
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The Headlines
If in Doubt, Put It Out
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Sleepy Lagoon
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Frida Kahlo (1907)
- 14th Dalai Lama (1935)
- Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940)
- Nancy Reagan (1921)
- Nicholas I of Russia (1796)
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
30,650 days ago
(83 years, 355 days)