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Thursday, April 4, 1929
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The Headlines
ASSERT GOV. LONG BOASTED OF BRIBING; Witnesses Say He Told of Buying Representative "LikeLoad of Potatoes."PUBLISHER TAKES STANDTestifies at Louisiana Impeachment Proceedings Executive Threatened Him. Has Brother in Insane Asylum. ASSERTS GOV. LONG BOASTED OF BRIBING Charged with Buying Representative.
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
- Maya Angelou (1928)
- Caracalla (188)
- Marguerite Duras (1914)
- Isoroku Yamamoto (1884)
- Muddy Waters (1913)
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
35,491 days ago
(97 years, 86 days)