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Wednesday, April 15, 1931
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The Headlines
CATALONIA TO STAY IN SPAIN AS STATE; Separatists Decide on Move After Announcing They Would Be Independent. ROYALISTS YIELD EASILY Colonel Macia Takes City Hall Without Resistance and Begins Emptying Jails. Ousted Royalist Mayor. No Resistance to Coup. CATALONIA TO STAY IN SPAIN AS STATE Republicans Take San Sebastian. Flags Up Around Gibraltar. Royalists Flee to Gibraltar. Macia a Catalonian Zealot.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Leonhard Euler (1707)
- Nikita Khrushchev (1894)
- Kim Il Sung (1912)
- Émile Durkheim (1858)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Electric Guitar, Electron Microscope & Radio Telescope.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Meanwhile
- The Great Depression — GDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).
Time Elapsed
34,750 days ago
(95 years, 75 days)