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Saturday, February 9, 1929
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The Headlines
ITALY AND POPE PUT TREATY OFF A DAY; VILLA CEDED TO PIUS; Signature Deferred, Because of Pope's Anniversary Service --Further Delay Hinted. ITALIAN OFFICIALS COOLER Reported Annoyed at Gasparri's Haste in Revealing Accord-- Pope Gets Summer Home. DOMAIN IS 'CITY OF VATICAN' First Effect of Concordat Is That Catholics May Swear Fealty to Italy Without Qualms. Signing Postponed One Day. ITALY AND POPE PUT TREATY OFF A DAY
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Singin' in the Rain
Nacio Herb Brown
The must-have
Duncan Yo-Yo
On This Day
Members of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng assassinate the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
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You Share a Birthday With
- William Henry Harrison (1773)
- Thomas Paine (1737)
- Jacques Monod (1910)
- Abdulaziz (1830)
- Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441)
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
35,546 days ago
(97 years, 141 days)