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Thursday, July 20, 1939
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The Headlines
BRITISH PUSH CURB ON IRISH TERRORISM; Government Asks Power to Treat Empire Subjects as Undesirable Aliens
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Petrarch (1304)
- Edmund Hillary (1919)
- Gregor Mendel (1822)
- Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864)
- Mahmud II (1789)
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
31,732 days ago
(86 years, 342 days)