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Thursday, March 28, 1929

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The Headlines

BYRD PLANES HOUSED IN SNOW FOR WINTER; Igloo-Like Hangars Provided for Craft as Flying Season Is Ended. ANTARCTIC NIGHT AT HAND In Gray Twilight Days Men at Base Stow Last of Supplies to Face the "Long Cold."

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Singin' in the Rain

Nacio Herb Brown

The must-have

Duncan Yo-Yo

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1929

  • Wall Street Lays an Egg

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

35,498 days ago

(97 years, 93 days)