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Tuesday, August 15, 1939
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The Headlines
DANZIG ISSUE FIRST; Conferees Would Take Up Other Problems if They Solved That POLES NOT TO BE INVITED Paris Hears British Would Be Asked to Submit to Them Any Accord Reached
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
On This Day
The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
Wikipedia →Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Napoleon (1769)
- Walter Scott (1771)
- Louis de Broglie (1892)
- Sri Aurobindo (1872)
- Gerty Cori (1896)
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
31,706 days ago
(86 years, 316 days)