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Saturday, December 21, 1929
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The Headlines
700 PASSENGERS RESCUED AS FLOAT RAMS FERRYBOAT IN HUDSON RIVER AT NIGHT; RIVER CRAFT RUSH TO AID The West Point Struck Amidships Off 42d St. on Way to Weehawken. BOILER ROOM FLOODED Searchlights Play on Stricken Ship as Her Passengers Are Safely Transferred. THREE ARE SLIGHTLY HURT Hundreds of Immigrants From Ellis Island and Christmas Shoppers Are Aboard. Crowd of Immigrants Aboard. Get Off Through Windows. All Calm at First. Says Water Rushed In.
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
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804)
- Heinrich Böll (1917)
- Kurt Waldheim (1918)
- Masaccio (1401)
- Leopold von Ranke (1795)
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
35,230 days ago
(96 years, 190 days)