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On the date
Saturday, April 29, 1939
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The Headlines
FRENCH SEE PERIL IN BOND TO POLES; Fear Call to War for Danzig Which They Do Not Regard as a Good Issue
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Hirohito (1901)
- Henri Poincaré (1854)
- Alexander II of Russia (1818)
- Duke Ellington (1899)
- Harold Urey (1893)
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
31,814 days ago
(87 years, 59 days)