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Tuesday, January 15, 1929
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The Headlines
2 DIE AS CITY SHIVERS IN COLDEST 24 HOURS; Mercury Here Drops to 7 Above, Lowest for Winter, as Frigid Wave Sweeps the Seaboard. WARMER AND SNOW TODAY Mid-West Blanketed, Chicago Suffers--Ocean Liners Delayed by Heavy Weather. Mid-West Blanketed by Snow. Two Die in Cold Here. 2 DIE AS CITY SHIVERS IN COLDEST 24 HOURS Six Deaths in Mid-West.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Singin' in the Rain
Nacio Herb Brown
The must-have
Duncan Yo-Yo
You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929)
- Molière (1622)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918)
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809)
- Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Car Radio, Sunglasses (Mass Produced) & Coaxial Cable.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
35,570 days ago
(97 years, 165 days)