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Saturday, June 3, 1939
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The Headlines
907 Refugees Quit, Cuba on Liner; Ship Reported Hovering Off Coast; Rumor That United States Will Permit Entry Is Spread to Avert Suicides--Company Orders St. Louis Back to Hamburg
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Raúl Castro (1931)
- George V (1865)
- Josephine Baker (1906)
- Allen Ginsberg (1926)
- Jefferson Davis (1808)
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
31,779 days ago
(87 years, 24 days)