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On the date
Saturday, November 28, 1942
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The Headlines
TUNISIAN DRIVE ON; 'Big Offensive' of British, Americans Seen Hitting, Between Two Cities AIR ACTIONS HEAVY Allies Destroy 51 Enemy Planes -- Town 15 Miles From Tunis Captured TUNISIAN ATTACK BY ALLIES IS ON
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
In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Friedrich Engels (1820)
- William Blake (1757)
- Stefan Zweig (1881)
- Alexander Blok (1880)
- Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
gobbledygooksnafufubar
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
30,505 days ago
(83 years, 210 days)