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Thursday, October 26, 1939
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The Headlines
Britons Fly Near Magdeburg Krupp Works, Scattering Listeners to Ribbentrop Speech
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- François Mitterrand (1916)
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919)
- Georges Danton (1759)
- Napoleon Hill (1883)
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685)
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
31,635 days ago
(86 years, 245 days)