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Saturday, December 26, 1942
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The Headlines
24 ENEMY PLANES BLASTED AT MUNDA; U.S. Airmen Shoot Down 14, Wreck 10 on Ground, Bomb Japanese Landing Barges 24 ENEMY PLANES BLASTED AT MUNDA
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
- Mao Zedong (1893)
- Charles Babbage (1791)
- Henry Miller (1891)
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194)
- Yun Ch'iho (1864)
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
30,478 days ago
(83 years, 183 days)