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Wednesday, May 17, 1939
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT REFUSES HARLAN UNION PLEA, WARNING OF STRIFE; C.I.O. District Leaders Ask Federal Intervention to Bar State Troops' Control MINERS THREATEN TO ACT National Guardsmen Sent Also Into Bell County--Parleys With Two Companies Halt
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On This Day
The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Edward Jenner (1749)
- Henri Barbusse (1873)
- Erik Satie (1866)
- Alfonso XIII (1886)
- Dennis Hopper (1936)
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
31,796 days ago
(87 years, 41 days)