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Tuesday, October 15, 1929
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The Headlines
MACDONALD SPENDS NIGHT AT NIAGARA; Up-State Crowds Cordially Greet Prime Minister on His Trip From New York. HE ENTERS CANADA TODAY Miss Ishbel Rides in Engine Between Syracuse and Rochester, Handling the Throttle. Sees Symbolism in Niagara. Going Sight-Seeing Today. MACDONALD SPENDS NIGHT AT NIAGARA Miss Ishbel Drives the Engine. Premier Gets Some Rest. Leaves City "With Much Regret."
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
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844)
- Akbar (1542)
- Mikhail Lermontov (1814)
- Michel Foucault (1926)
- Evangelista Torricelli (1608)
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
35,297 days ago
(96 years, 257 days)