From the day
On the date
Friday, July 28, 1939
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
ROOSEVELT ACTS AS RAINFALL FAILS TO BREAK DROUGHT; He Requests Aides to Prepare for Emergency--Danger to Crops, Lawns Continues DOWNFALL HEAVY IN SPOTS Westchester County Has Near Cloudburst, but Some Parts of State Get No Relief President Appeals to Aides Heavy Rain at Albany RAINFALLS FAIL TO BREAK DROUGHT League Urged Action Forest Fires Quenched
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
On This Day
The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Karl Popper (1902)
- Ludwig Feuerbach (1804)
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929)
- Marcel Duchamp (1887)
- Beatrix Potter (1866)
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
31,724 days ago
(86 years, 334 days)