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On the date
Friday, May 5, 1939
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The Headlines
Poland to Reject Demands Today, But Will Leave Door Open to Reich; Foreign Minister Will Reply in Parliament to Call for Return of Danzig to Germany and for a Road Across Pomorze
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Karl Marx (1818)
- Søren Kierkegaard (1813)
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846)
- Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921)
- Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747)
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
31,808 days ago
(87 years, 53 days)