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Saturday, December 30, 1939
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The Headlines
NEW ALLIED PACTS BLOCK REICH TRADE; Yugoslav, Spanish and Turkish Agreements Bar Vital War Supplies to Germany Take Fruit to Get Metals NEW ALLIED PACTS BLOCK REICH TRADE
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
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You Share a Birthday With
- Rudyard Kipling (1865)
- Tu Youyou (1930)
- Hideki Tojo (1884)
- Omar Bongo (1935)
- Ramana Maharshi (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
31,569 days ago
(86 years, 179 days)