From the day
On the date
Monday, October 9, 1939
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The Headlines
British Down Nazi Plane at Sea, Aid Rescue; Patrol Photographs Westwall From 100 Feet; Patrol Photographs Westwall
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Ivo Andrić (1892)
- Max von Laue (1879)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906)
- Emil Fischer (1852)
- Heinz Fischer (1938)
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
31,651 days ago
(86 years, 261 days)