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On the date
Sunday, September 22, 1929
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The Headlines
WEST VIRGINIA WINS IN FOOTBALL OPENER; Mountaineer Team Overpowers West Virginia Wesleyan Eleven by 16 to 0. BARTRUG GOES OVER TWICE Accounts for Two Touchdowns --M. Glenn Kicks Placement Goal From the Field.
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
- Michael Faraday (1791)
- Wilhelm Keitel (1882)
- Anne of Cleves (1515)
- Peter Simon Pallas (1741)
- Anne of Austria (1601)
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
35,321 days ago
(96 years, 281 days)