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Thursday, October 29, 1942
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The Headlines
U.S. SOLDIERS HOLD; Drive Back Some Minor Thrusts by Japanese on Guadalcanal NO OTHER ACTION LISTED Enemy Losses Not High, Navy Stresses, Although They Are Heavy Measured by Ours ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF GUADALCANAL AND TULAGI ISLANDS BATTLE SUBSIDES ON GUADALCANAL
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
White Christmas
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Goebbels (1897)
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938)
- Franz von Papen (1879)
- Baruj Benacerraf (1920)
- Jean Giraudoux (1882)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
30,536 days ago
(83 years, 241 days)