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Thursday, November 19, 1942
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The Headlines
ROUT NAZI PATROLS; British and Americans Reported 70 Miles From Bizerte FLYING FORTRESSES BUSY Big Bombers Attack Airport at Protectorate's Vital Base In the Mediterranean ROUT NAZI PATROLS IN TUNISIAN DRIVE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
White Christmas
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
On This Day
World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.
Wikipedia →Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Indira Gandhi (1917)
- James A. Garfield (1831)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (1711)
- Charles I of England (1600)
- José Raúl Capablanca (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
30,514 days ago
(83 years, 219 days)