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Saturday, May 20, 1939
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The Headlines
DIES GROUP CALLS MOSELEY, HAMILTON; They Are to Appear on Monday at Inquiry--Anti-Semitism Noted in Reports on 'Plot'
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Honoré de Balzac (1799)
- John Stuart Mill (1806)
- Sigrid Undset (1882)
- José Mujica (1935)
- James Stewart (1908)
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
31,793 days ago
(87 years, 38 days)