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Tuesday, December 27, 1938
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The Headlines
Fire Traps Sleeping Tenants; Score Saved on Ladders, One Dead; Boy, 17, Climbs Fire-Escape and Breaks Windows to Warn Families as Suspicious Blaze Sweeps Through West Side Tenement SLEEPING TENANTS TRAPPED BY FIRE Blaze Accompanies Burglary
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You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Pasteur (1822)
- Marlene Dietrich (1901)
- Johannes Kepler (1571)
- Ghalib (1797)
- Larisa Latynina (1934)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Ballpoint Pen, Xerography & Nylon Bristle Toothbrush.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
31,937 days ago
(87 years, 182 days)