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Monday, December 30, 1929
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The Headlines
SCIENCE WILL SAVE MANKIND FROM WAR, SAYS DR. MILLIKAN; It Will Also Keep the Race From Overcrowding and Starvation He Tells Scientists.DESTRUCTIVE FORCE DENIEDFear That the World May Be "Blown Up" Is Based on aMyth, He Declares."CRAZE FOR NEW" DEPLOREDScientists and the Public Are Advised Not to Be Carried Away by Discoveries. Peaceful Arts Exceed Warlike. Says Science Has Freed Man. SCIENCE WILL SAVE MANKIND FROM WAR "Sub-Atomic" Forces Denied. Glad. Panic Did not Ensue. Regrets "Craze for the New."
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
- Rudyard Kipling (1865)
- Hideki Tojo (1884)
- Ramana Maharshi (1879)
- Theodor Fontane (1819)
- Ahmed III (1673)
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
35,222 days ago
(96 years, 182 days)