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On the date
Wednesday, April 19, 1939
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The Headlines
Fire Destroys Liner Paris; $500,000 Art Thought Lost; Flames at Havre Are Believed to Have Ruined Exhibits on Way to Fair--Italian Workman Held as Sabotage Suspect
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- José Echegaray (1832)
- Getúlio Vargas (1882)
- Glenn T. Seaborg (1912)
- Ferdinand I of Austria (1793)
- Jayne Mansfield (1933)
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
31,825 days ago
(87 years, 70 days)