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Wednesday, October 11, 1939
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The Headlines
BEST REICH TROOPS THROWN INTO LINE; Regulars Replace Reservists and Increase Thrusts by Using Hand Grenades
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884)
- François Mauriac (1885)
- Bobby Charlton (1937)
- Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758)
- Roman Jakobson (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
31,649 days ago
(86 years, 259 days)