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Monday, December 18, 1939
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The Headlines
BRITONS IN ACCORD TO TOP REICH IN AIR; $600,000,000 Empire Training Plan Gives Canada Major Rode in Men and Cost Canadians Are Air-Minded BRITONS IN ACCORD TO TOP REICH IN AIR King Broadcasts Statement Plan Slightly Pared Down Caution Is Exercised Means Sixty New Air Fields Government to Administer
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On This Day
World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Willy Brandt (1913)
- J. J. Thomson (1856)
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863)
- Paul Klee (1879)
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
31,581 days ago
(86 years, 191 days)