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Tuesday, August 13, 1929
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The Headlines
SNOWDEN EXCEEDED CABINET'S DIRECTION; All Britain Still Backs Him, but Feeling Is Evident He Was Too Aggressive. LONDON RELIEVED BY DELAY MacDonald Believed to Have Advised Him--Lamont Unlikely to Attend Hague. Backed to Limit. SNOWDEN EXCEEDED CABINET'S DIRECTION People Feel Easier. Finds Britain Misunderstood.
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
- Fidel Castro (1926)
- Alfred Hitchcock (1899)
- Frederick Sanger (1918)
- Karl Liebknecht (1871)
- John Logie Baird (1888)
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
Meanwhile
- The Great Depression — GDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).
Time Elapsed
35,361 days ago
(96 years, 321 days)