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On the date
Saturday, November 7, 1942
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The Headlines
Our Men on Guadalcanal Smash Hard Japanese Counter-Attacks; GUADALCANAL RIDGE WHERE U.S. MARINES KILLED 600 ATTACKING JAPANESE ENEMY REPULSED ON GUADALCANAL JAPANESE BEATEN OFF 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
- Marie Curie (1867)
- Albert Camus (1913)
- Leon Trotsky (1879)
- James Cook (1728)
- C. V. Raman (1888)
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
30,527 days ago
(83 years, 232 days)