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Wednesday, August 14, 1929
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The Headlines
FIRST BIG SEADROME UNDER WAY IN MONTH; Wilmington Concern to Begin Work on Floating Landing Field in September. READY FOR USE IN A YEAR Armstrong Invention Designed to Be First Link in Chain for Transatlantic Planes. Cables Already Under Way. Planned 15,000-Ton Islands. FIRST BIG SEADROME STARTED IN MONTH
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
- John Galsworthy (1867)
- Hans Christian Ørsted (1777)
- Pope Pius VII (1742)
- René Goscinny (1926)
- Frederick William I of Prussia (1688)
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
35,359 days ago
(96 years, 319 days)