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Tuesday, February 14, 1939
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The Headlines
HULL SEES NO HOPE OF ARMS RACE CURB; Writes Ludlow We Could Not Call World Parley Now With Any Chance of Success
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On This Day
World War II: German battleship Bismarck is launched.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Babur (1483)
- C. T. R. Wilson (1869)
- Leon Battista Alberti (1404)
- Max Horkheimer (1895)
- Herbert A. Hauptman (1917)
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
31,888 days ago
(87 years, 133 days)