MongoDB is not yet ready as a DB for historical documents, even for those from WW II ?
And the problem is not addressed as for 1.7/1.8 ?

$ mongo
MongoDB shell version: 1.7.2-pre-
connecting to: test
> db.test.insert(

{'date' : new Date(1945,10,10)}

)
> db.test.find()

{ "_id" : ObjectId("4cebba28b796a4850a6c6ea2"), "date" : ISODate("584555996-01--2147483647T13:25:52.232Z") }

> db.test.find(

{ '$where' : 'this.date < new Date(2010, 10, 10)'}

)
> db.test.insert(

{'date' : new Date(1999,10,10)}

)
> db.test.find(

{ '$where' : 'this.date < new Date(2010, 10, 10)'}

)

{ "_id" : ObjectId("4cebba3eb796a4850a6c6ea3"), "date" : ISODate("1999-11-09T23:00:00Z") }