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On the date
Thursday, November 28, 1929
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The Headlines
GOVERNOR SUMMONS CLOAK PARLEY DEC.12; Calls All Factors in Industry to Consider Methods of Adding to Stabilization. SAYS TRADE IS 'PIVOTAL" Conference Is in Line With the Current Aims to Stimulate Business, He Asserts.
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 Engels (1820)
- William Blake (1757)
- Stefan Zweig (1881)
- Alexander Blok (1880)
- Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908)
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
35,253 days ago
(96 years, 213 days)