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On the date
Thursday, May 4, 1939
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The Headlines
ILL HEALTH IS CITED; Commissar Relieved of Post at Own Request, It Is Announced NO CHANGE IN POLICY SEEN Russians Taken by Surprise-- Premier Assumes Portfolio and Will Hold 2 Posts
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View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Audrey Hepburn (1929)
- Hosni Mubarak (1928)
- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825)
- Amos Oz (1939)
- Kakuei Tanaka (1918)
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
31,809 days ago
(87 years, 54 days)