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Wednesday, December 18, 1929
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The Headlines
OKLAHOMA BLAST ENTOMBS 59 MINERS; Three Injured Brought Up in McAlester Disaster--Twenty three Bodies Recovered. LITTLE HOPE FOR OTHERS Rescuers Push on Desperately Amid Debris and Fumes as Victims' Kin Mourn Above.
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
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Willy Brandt (1913)
- J. J. Thomson (1856)
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863)
- Paul Klee (1879)
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
35,234 days ago
(96 years, 194 days)