FEBRUARY 22, 1942

SUNDAY
1942 Coca-Cola advertising artwork
$1,000 INVESTED IN COKE STOCK (KO) IN 1942
WOULD HAVE MADE YOU $8,968,676 IN THE 2025 DATASET
Min Wage Hourly$0.39
Median Home Price$4,680.00
Gas Price Avg$0.20
Bread Price Avg$0.10
Movie Ticket Avg$0.33
First Class Stamp$0.03
Milk Price Avg$0.61
Top Movies From 1942
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1 Mrs. Miniver
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Mrs. Miniver
2 Random Harvest
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Random Harvest
3 Yankee Doodle Dandy
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
4 Reap the Wild Wind
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Reap the Wild Wind
5 Road to Morocco
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Road to Morocco
6 Holiday Inn
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Holiday Inn
7 Wake Island
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Wake Island
8 The Pride of the Yankees
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The Pride of the Yankees
9 Kings Row
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Kings Row
10 For Me and My Gal
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For Me and My Gal
The Man Who Came to Dinner
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
Woman of the Year
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Woman of the Year
The Maltese Falcon
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The Maltese Falcon
Citizen Kane
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Citizen Kane
The Wolf Man
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The Wolf Man
Suspicion
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Suspicion
Dumbo
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Dumbo
Sullivan's Travels
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Sullivan's Travels
Ball of Fire
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Ball of Fire
Shadow of the Thin Man
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Shadow of the Thin Man
Hellzapoppin'
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Hellzapoppin'

February 22, 1942 Trivia

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February 22, 1942

On February 22, 1942, the spotlight shone on a significant literary release, 'The Story of Man; HOW MAN BECAME A GIANT', authored by M. Ilin and E. Segal, with illustrations by A. Kamarov and E.A. Furman. This book, published by J...

Inventions & Breakthroughs of February 1942

Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.

1 Atomic Reactor (Chicago Pile-1)
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Atomic Reactor (Chicago Pile-1)
2 Electronic Countermeasures Systems
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Electronic Countermeasures Systems
3 Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
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Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
4 Modern Rocket Engine
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Modern Rocket Engine
5 High-Altitude Pressure Suit
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High-Altitude Pressure Suit
6 Amphibious Landing Craft
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Amphibious Landing Craft
7 Synthetic Rubber (GR-S)
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Synthetic Rubber (GR-S)
8 Automatic Analog Computer
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Automatic Analog Computer
9 Magnetic Mine Detection
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Magnetic Mine Detection
10 Portable Field Radio
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Portable Field Radio

The Sounds of

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Headlines From February 22, 1942

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  • Headline: Discovering Human Evolution in 1942. Impact: The idea of man evolving into a giant sparked a bizarre fitness trend centuries later, leading to the rise of bodybuilders who insist they are 'just 1% away from greatness.'. Fact: This book was so popular that it inspired at least three terrible movies about giant humans. Spoiler: none of them ended well.
  • Headline: British Award Russian Faraday Science Medal. Impact: The British awarding a science medal to a Russian might have caused a series of awkward dinner parties where science and politics collided, resulting in the first-ever 'awkward silence' award. Fact: Yes, Faraday was a real person. No, he didn’t actually discover electricity by rubbing two magnets together, despite what your high school science teacher might have led you to believe.
  • Headline: Peru Shows Textiles To Replace Europe's. Impact: Peru's textile innovations sparked a decades-long rivalry with Europe, leading to an unexpected fashion war that culminated in the Great Sock Debacle of 1975. Fact: This exhibit was so impressive that many Europeans mistook it for a new style of post-apocalyptic chic.
  • Headline: PRESIDENT'S 'PLUG' BOOMS MAP TRADE; One Store Tries to Close Doors at 2:30 as Usual but Buyers Force It to Remain Open GLOBES ALSO IN DEMAND Sale of Maps Alone Up 1,000% Since Pearl Harbor, Official of Concern Says. Impact: The sudden map demand caused a nationwide obsession with geography, leading to the creation of a dystopian reality show titled 'Survivor: Map Edition.' Spoiler: no one ever found their way home. Fact: A 1,000% increase in map sales means either the world is suddenly very lost or people are just really into road trips. Spoiler: it was both.
  • Headline: NORWAY EXPECTS AN INVASION SOON; Ruthless Move by Quisling Is Taken as Sign of Fear of Early British Attack SWEDEN INCREASES GUARD London Doubts Three Big Nazi Warships Are Together on the Way to Trondheim. Impact: Norway's expectation of invasion led to a flurry of conspiracy theories about underground bunkers that would later inspire a popular reality show on survival skills. Who knew fear could be so entertaining?. Fact: Quisling is a word that means traitor in Norway, which is quite the legacy for someone who just wanted to play politics during a war.
  • Headline: Chiang Asks More Power for India And Bids Her Make Full War Effort; MORE POWER ASKED FOR INDIA BY CHIANG. Impact: Chiang Kai-shek's demands for more power created a ripple effect that led to numerous political debates, awkward negotiations, and several historical misunderstandings that could have been solved with just one effective email. Fact: India's political power struggles could fill volumes of books. In fact, they already haveβ€”welcome to the never-ending saga of political drama!.
  • Headline: Nazis List 80 Ships Sunk. Impact: The Nazis listing 80 sunk ships started a maritime trend that would eventually lead to a bizarre sport where people would try to sink their own ships for points, known today as 'naval sabotage.'. Fact: The Nazis might have claimed 80 ships sunk, but historians are still trying to figure out where they parked their warships.
  • Headline: 3 CONVICTED OF MURDER; Found Guilty in Brooklyn for Killing Man During Hold-Up. Impact: The conviction of three murderers added a new chapter to Brooklyn's crime story, contributing to the mythos that Brooklyn is the place where dreams go to dieβ€”or get locked up. Fact: Murder trials have a way of making headlines, but let's face it, the real crime here was the poor choice of life decisions made by those involved.

Wall Street Time Machine

The Right Call: A historical $1,000 investment comparison using the stored long-range dataset.
Rank #1
KMB
Kimberly-Clark
Price in 1942
$0.69
Stored value
$147,887

Kimberly-Clark - If you invested $1,000 in 1942, it would be worth $147,887 today (147.9x return)

Rank #3
CVX
Chevron
Price in 1942
$0.31
Stored value
$474,914

Chevron - If you invested $1,000 in 1942, it would be worth $474,914 today (474.9x return)

🦸 Top 5 Comics
Wonder Woman #1
Wonder Woman #1
$25,000
All Star Comics #11
All Star Comics #11
$3,000
Captain America Comics #13
Captain America Comics #13
$20,000
Hit Comics #27
Hit Comics #27
$10,200
Detective Comics #66
Detective Comics #66
$1,500
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Inflatable Airplane
Inflatable Airplane
$120.00
Tin Soldiers
Tin Soldiers
$75.00
Simple Wooden Blocks
Simple Wooden Blocks
$75.00
Yo-Yo
Yo-Yo
$1350.00
Silhouette Jigsaw Puzzles
Silhouette Jigsaw Puzzles
$25.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
War Gum (1942)
War Gum (1942)
$2,000
Gill'S Cigarette Cards - Military Series
Gill'S Cigarette Cards - Military Series
$20
British Wartime Stamps
British Wartime Stamps
$10,000,000
Canada War Savings Stamps
Canada War Savings Stamps
$2,000
Ration Card Series
Ration Card Series
$1,000