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Thursday, December 21, 1939
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The Headlines
'MORAL EMBARGO' EXTENDED BY HULL; Export Ban on Devices Improving Aircraft Fuel HitsRussia and Japan TEXT OF THE DECISION 'MORAL EMBARGO' EXTENDED BY HULL
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804)
- Heinrich Böll (1917)
- Jane Fonda (1937)
- Kurt Waldheim (1918)
- Masaccio (1401)
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
31,578 days ago
(86 years, 188 days)