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Thursday, March 21, 1929
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The Headlines
BYRD RADIOS BASE THAT 'ALL IS WELL' ON THE MOUNTAINS; Rescue Plane Will Start From Little America in the First Flying Weather. DOG TEAMS ARE SENT OUT Would Meet Commander and Companions Should They Start Back by Sled. JUNE DESCRIBES STORM Tells How 150-Mile Wind Wrecked Plane of Party on Rockefeller Range.
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
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685)
- Joseph Fourier (1768)
- Modest Mussorgsky (1839)
- Benito Juárez (1806)
- Jean Paul (1763)
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
35,506 days ago
(97 years, 101 days)