Let's see what was going on in the world at that time:
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) was president and John N. Garner was vice president.
The world was on the brink of war, but did not know it yet.
1939 Prices
Bread: $.08/loaf
Milk: $.49/gal
Eggs: $.58/dozen
Car: $750
Gas: $.19/gal
House: $6,416
Stamp: $.03/each
Average Income: $1,837/year
Minimum Wage: $.30/hour
Top Songs for 1939:
And the Angels Sing by Benny Goodman
Beer Barrel Polka by Will Glahe
Moon Love by Glenn Miller
Over the Rainbow by Glenn Miller with Judy Garland
Stairway to the Stars by Glenn Miller
Jeepers Creepers by Al Donohue
Wishing (Will Make It So) by Glenn Miller
Top Books in 1939:
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
Studies in Iconology by Erwin Panofsky
Academy Award Winners of 1939:
Best Picture: Gone With the Wind, Directed by Victor Fleming
Best Actor: Robert Donat in Goodbye Mr. Chips
Best Actress: Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind
Hot New Toy in 1939:
View-Master
People born on December 3:
1895 - Anna Freud, Austrian/English psychoanalyst, daughter of Sigmund Freud
1930 - Andy Williams, Wall Lake, Iowa, Singer (Moon River, Andy Williams Show)
1937 - Bobby Allison, Auto Racer (3 time winner of the Daytona 500)
Happenings on December 3, 1939:
* Finland appealed to the League of Nations for intervention during the The Russo-Finish Winter War of 1939-1940.
* 24 British bombers raided German Warships off the coast of Germany at Heligoland. A German anti-aircraft battery was hit, probably the first British bomb of the war to land on German soil.
* Died: Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, 91, sixth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
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