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The approximate monthly cost to rent a house in 1939.
What was $28?
The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind
What movies came out in 1939?
The New York Times predicted that this invention would fail because the average American family would not have enough time to sit around watching it.
What is the television?
Tommy Tune, Wolfman Jack, Frances Ford Coppola, George Hamilton, Mike Ditka, John Cleese, Tina Turner, Marvin Gaye, and Lily Tomlin
Who are people born in 1939?
Most famous singer in America.
Who is Elvis Presley?
The cost of a loaf of bread.
What is 8 cents?
The Grapes of Wrath
What book was released in 1939
These Girl Scout cookies were first baked in 1939.
What are Thin Mints?
This person coined the term "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"
Who is Winston Churchill?
The top song of the year, by Bobby Darin
What is "Mack the Knife"?
30 cents/hour
What was minimum wage?
World's fair opened in this City.
What is New York?
This superhero made his first appearance in Detective Comics #27.
Who is Batman?
She was officially declared dead after her 1937 disappearance.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
The latest fad
What is phone booth stuffing?
What is approximately $700?
General Motors introduced this feature as an option in 1940 model year Oldsmobile automobiles?
What is fully automatic transmission>?
Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Betty, Shirley, Robert, James, John, William, and Richard.
What are the top 10 baby names of 1939?
Time Magazine's Man of the Year.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Berry Gordy founded this record label.
What is Motown?
Males 62.1
Females 65.4
What was US life expectancy?
This craze began to sweep college campuses, getting it's start at Harvard.
What is swallowing goldfish?
This drug, which was invented in 1925, was first tested on humans, the first true antibiotic.
What is penicillin?
What department store created Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in 1939?
What is Montgomery Ward?
February 3, 1959 is also known as this, because Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. (The Big Bopper) Richardson were killed in a plane crash.
What is the day the music died?