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Friday, January 27, 1939
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The Headlines
DALADIER IS FIRM; 'Hour of Peril' Nearing, Chamber Is Told--Gets Vote of Confidence EMPIRE HELD INVIOLATE France and Britain in Accord on Plan if Italy Refuses to Quit Spain at War's End Blum Offers Amendment DALADIER IS FIRM IN WARNING ITALY Speech Lacked Aggressiveness Relations With Italy Cited Defends Policy on Spain
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On This Day
First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756)
- Lewis Carroll (1832)
- Wilhelm II (1859)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775)
- Abbas the Great (1571)
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
31,906 days ago
(87 years, 151 days)