J4F – Way Back Wednesday: 7/16/1940
Here’s what was happening on this date back in 1940.
Way Back Wednesday 7/16/1940
Top U.S. Song – Fools Rush In – Glenn Miller
Average cost for a gallon of gas – $0.18
Average cost for a gallon of milk – $0.34
Average cost for a postage stamp – $0.03
Average cost of a dozen eggs – $0.45
Average cost for a loaf of bread – $0.08
Minimum wage – $0.30
Average cost of a new home – $6,500.00
President of the United States – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Popular Movies – Pinocchio, The Great Dictator, Dance, Girl, Dance, The Invisible Woman, Fantasia, Rebecca, The Grapes of Wrath, The Philadelphia Story
Popular Books Released – The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery; For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway; Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller; The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers; Native Son, Richard Wright; The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis
Happy Birthday To – Will Ferrell, Barry Sanders, Corey Feldman, Joe Jackson, Ginger Rogers, Jimmy Johnson, Phoebe Cates, Duncan Keith, Zach Randolph, Orville Redenbacher, Phil Hellmuth, Rain Pryor
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