From the day
On the date
Monday, August 28, 1939
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The Headlines
Hitler Note and Paris Communique; Chancellor's Letter
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- Paul Martin (1938)
- Jack Kirby (1917)
- Godfrey Hounsfield (1919)
- C. Wright Mills (1916)
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
31,693 days ago
(86 years, 303 days)