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On the date
Tuesday, October 29, 1929
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The Headlines
City Traffic Lights Now Blink 20 Hours a Day; Whalen Also Cuts Intervals to Speed Vehicles
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Singin' in the Rain
Nacio Herb Brown
The must-have
Duncan Yo-Yo
On This Day
Black Tuesday: The New York Stock Exchange crashes, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and eventually contributing to the Great Depression.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Goebbels (1897)
- Franz von Papen (1879)
- Baruj Benacerraf (1920)
- Jean Giraudoux (1882)
- Necmettin Erbakan (1926)
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
35,283 days ago
(96 years, 243 days)