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Tuesday, July 30, 1929

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The Headlines

FLIERS UP 400 HOURS; TWO RIVALS KILLED; St. Louis Pair Sail On as Two Minnesota Pilots Crash on Seventh Day. HAUGLAND SHIP SIDESLIPS George Lambert, Son of Observer at St. Louis, and NewYorker Die in Crack-Up. Six Days Beyond Old Record. Circle Low Over Field. FLIERS UP 400 HOURS; TWO RIVALS KILLED

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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

35,374 days ago

(96 years, 334 days)