On Christmas Eve of 1941, with the country three weeks into World War II, the front page of the Ridgewood Times ran a press release dated 55 years in the future. It announced that a one-year-old boy from 67-09 62nd Street had just been elected the 42nd president of the United States.
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A 1941 gag press release predicted a Ridgewood 1-year-old would be president in 1996
In 1941, the Ridgewood Times published a gag press release predicting 1-year-old Robert John Kurtz would become the 42nd president of the United States.
A 1941 gag press release predicted a Ridgewood 1-year-old would be president in 1996
In 1941, the Ridgewood Times published a gag press release predicting 1-year-old Robert John Kurtz would become the 42nd president of the United States.
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