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Wednesday, April 26, 1939
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The Headlines
STATUE DEDICATED TO PRESS FREEDOM; Publishers, in Session Here, Visit Fair to Hail It as Symbol of Our Most Vital Liberty
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889)
- AD 121 (121)
- AD 757 (757)
- Eugène Delacroix (1798)
- I. M. Pei (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
31,818 days ago
(87 years, 63 days)