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On the date
Monday, April 17, 1939
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The Headlines
POPE HOPES SPAIN WILL SEE NEW ERA; Justice to 'Crime' but Kindness to Those Others 'Led Astray' Is Urged by Pontiff Pins Faith on General Franco
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916)
- J. P. Morgan (1837)
- William Holden (1918)
- Thornton Wilder (1897)
- Pedro de Valdivia (1497)
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
31,826 days ago
(87 years, 71 days)