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Sunday, August 20, 1939
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The Headlines
Wedding Planned By Miss Franchot; Lists 11 Attendants for Her Marriage on Sept. 16 to Daniel Tenney Jr. Wedding Planned By Miss Franchot
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Harrison (1833)
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890)
- Salvatore Quasimodo (1901)
- Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779)
- Ron Paul (1935)
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
31,701 days ago
(86 years, 311 days)