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Friday, February 10, 1939
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The Headlines
RITES IN SICKROOM; Holy Water Is Sprinkled as a Preliminary to Extreme Unction PONTIFF ANOINTED IN OIL Swiss Guards Surprised by the Arrival of Prelates in Dark and by Tidings of Death
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On This Day
Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Bertolt Brecht (1898)
- Boris Pasternak (1890)
- Harold Macmillan (1894)
- Walter Brattain (1902)
- Alexandre Millerand (1859)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
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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
31,892 days ago
(87 years, 137 days)