YearrooWhen did the Slinky go on sale?
194520th century · 1900s
The Slinky goes on sale.
At Gimbels in Philadelphia, where all 400 sold in 90 minutes.
1945
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Around the same time
- When was the Pentagon completed?1943
- When was D-Day, the Allied landing in Normandy?1944
- When was the GI Bill signed?1944
- When was the microwave oven invented?1945
- When was the United Nations founded?1945
- When was the first atomic bomb tested in New Mexico?1945
- When was ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer, unveiled?1946
- When was the league that became the NBA founded?1946
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