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On the date
Saturday, December 5, 1942
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The Headlines
RED ARMY SEIZES DON-VOLGA TOWNS; Stalingrad Offensive Cuts Into Main Nazi Defense -- Foe Battered Around Rzhev Red Army Offensive Seizes Don-Volga Zone; Batters Nazi Defense There and Near Rzhev
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
- Walt Disney (1901)
- Martin Van Buren (1782)
- Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927)
- Werner Heisenberg (1901)
- Józef Piłsudski (1867)
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
30,499 days ago
(83 years, 204 days)