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Thursday, September 3, 1942
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The Headlines
500,000 OVERSEAS, M'CLOY REPORTS; Assistant Secretary Tells the V.F.W. Our Planes Excel, but Land Troops Will Win War 500,000 OVERSEAS, M'CLOY REPORTS
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Jingle Jangle Jingle
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
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You Share a Birthday With
- Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936)
- Carl David Anderson (1905)
- Urho Kekkonen (1900)
- Eduardo Galeano (1940)
- Ferdinand Porsche (1875)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
30,591 days ago
(83 years, 296 days)