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Saturday, July 25, 1942
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The Headlines
GRIFFIN ARRESTED IN HOSPITAL HERE; Others of the 28 Indicted for Plot Against Morale Are Placed tinder Heavy Bail GRIFFIN ARRESTED IN HOSPITAL HERE
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Jingle Jangle Jingle
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Elias Canetti (1905)
- Rosalind Franklin (1920)
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1922)
- Gavrilo Princip (1894)
- Arthur Balfour (1848)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
Gi
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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
30,632 days ago
(83 years, 337 days)