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Saturday, April 20, 1929
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The Headlines
STEINHARDT KILLS HIMSELF BY POISON AS HE SURRENDERS; Fugitive in Bankruptcy Scandal Here Ends His Life in a Philadelphia Hotel. 'FRIENDS SUGGESTED' ACT He Wrote That to Wife--High Officials Accused in Letter Not Made Public. SHE IS HELD AS WITNESS His Death a Blow to Local Inquiry-- He Sent Tuttle an "Outline" of Evidence. "Friends Suggested Suicide." Stuart Miller His Alias. STEINHARDT KILLS HIMSELF BY POISON Wife Advised Him to Surrender. Death a Blow to Inquiry Here. Accused of Shortage. Pinner Tried Suicide.
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
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Napoleon III (1808)
- Joan Miró (1893)
- Harold Lloyd (1893)
- K. Alex Müller (1927)
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
35,476 days ago
(97 years, 71 days)