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The Year Was 1939
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What Things Cost in 1939:
- Car: $750
- Gasoline: 19 cents/gal
- House: $6,400
- Bread: 8 cents/loaf
- Milk: 49 cents/gal
- Postage Stamp: 3 cents
- Stock Market: 150
- Average Annual Salary: $1,850
Major Events 1938
- Germany invades Poland
- DDT discovered as an insecticide
- Einstein writes a letter to FDR
- Passenger Service Across Atlantic Ocean
- Igor Sikorsky Flies A Helicopter
- Germans develop the first jet-powered airplane
- Gone with the Wind premiers.
- Construction of the Jefferson Memorial begins
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Sports
- NCAA Football: Texas A&M; Record: 11-0-0
- Stanley Cup: Bruins over Red Wings
- US Open Golf: Byron Nelson Score: 284
- World Series: Yankees over Reds
Academy Awards
- Best Picture: "Gone with the Wind"
- Best Dir.: Victor Fleming ... "Gone with the Wind"
- Best Actor: Robert Donat ... "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"
- Best Actress: Vivien Leigh ... "Gone with the Wind"
Popular Movies
- All This and Heaven Too
- Another Thin Man
- Babes in Arms
- Destry Rides Again
- Drums Along the Mohawk
- The Fighting 69th
- Gone With the Wind
- The Grapes of Wrath
- Gulliver's Travels
- Hollywood Cavalcade
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