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Tuesday, June 13, 1939
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The Headlines
Baseball Pageant Thrills 10,000 At Game's 100th Birthday Party; Players in Costumes of Sport's Various Eras Mark Its History--Stars Inducted in Hall of Fame at Cooperstown
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- James Clerk Maxwell (1831)
- W. B. Yeats (1865)
- John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928)
- Fernando Pessoa (1888)
- Thomas Young (scientist) (1773)
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
31,769 days ago
(87 years, 14 days)