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On the date
Thursday, July 18, 1929
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The Headlines
RAID "BIGGEST BAR" IN THEATRE DISTRICT; Agents Find 150 Drinking at 112 West 48th St.--Seize Two and 20 Kegs of Beer. POLICE MAKE FOUR ARRESTS Whalen Raids Reported Causing More Apprehension Than Those of Federal Agents.
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
- Nelson Mandela (1918)
- Hendrik Lorentz (1853)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811)
- John Glenn (1921)
- Thomas Kuhn (1922)
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
35,387 days ago
(96 years, 347 days)