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Friday, January 13, 1939
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The Headlines
Chinese Cut the Peiping-Tientsin Railway; All Traffic Is Halted by Guerrilla Attack
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
On This Day
The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi) of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 101 (101)
- Wilhelm Wien (1864)
- Sydney Brenner (1927)
- Paul Feyerabend (1924)
- Chaïm Soutine (1893)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Television Sets (World's Fair), View-Master & Helicopter (Sikorsky).
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
31,921 days ago
(87 years, 166 days)