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On the date
Sunday, August 23, 1942
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The Headlines
BEST PROMOTIONS IN WEEK; Demand Good for Dresses, Coats, Furs, Meyer Both Notes
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Jingle Jangle Jingle
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Louis XVI (1754)
- Edgar de Wahl (1867)
- Georges Cuvier (1769)
- Gene Kelly (1912)
- Kenneth Arrow (1921)
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
30,603 days ago
(83 years, 308 days)