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On the date
Wednesday, September 20, 1939
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The Headlines
1,000,000 IN WARSAW DEFY NAZI BOMBING; Poles Cling to Capital in Face of Air Threat--Lwow Also Refuses to Surrender
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Sophia Loren (1934)
- Upton Sinclair (1878)
- Chulalongkorn (1853)
- Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833)
- Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778)
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
31,670 days ago
(86 years, 280 days)