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Friday, June 23, 1939
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The Headlines
$338,000,000 VOTED TO FARMS IN HOUSE; Most Senate Increases Are Supported by Coalition of Relief and Rural Groups
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Alan Turing (1912)
- Anna Akhmatova (1889)
- Edward VIII (1894)
- Martti Ahtisaari (1937)
- Oda Nobunaga (1534)
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
31,759 days ago
(87 years, 4 days)