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On the date
Tuesday, December 19, 1939
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The Headlines
34 DOWN, SAY NAZIS; Only 10 Planes Get Away in Raid on Helgoland, Germans Contend LONDON ADMITS LOSS OF 7 But Adds 12 Reich Ships Were Crippled in Biggest Air Battle of the War
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Édith Piaf (1915)
- Leonid Brezhnev (1906)
- Albert A. Michelson (1852)
- Pratibha Patil (1934)
- Philip V of Spain (1683)
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
31,580 days ago
(86 years, 190 days)