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On the date
Tuesday, August 8, 1939
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The Headlines
BRITISH SEE INTENT IN ICHANG BOMBING; Naval Report Says Japanese Also Tried to Hit Gunboat --French Now Menaced
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Paul Dirac (1902)
- Dustin Hoffman (1937)
- Emiliano Zapata (1879)
- Ernest Lawrence (1901)
- Roger Penrose (1931)
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
31,713 days ago
(86 years, 323 days)