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Thursday, June 11, 1931
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The Headlines
Six Escape From Sunken British Submarine; 'Lung' Kills Two; Ships Seek 8 More Alive; 8 LIVE IN SUBMARINE; SHIPS SEEK TO LIFT IT Morse Code Tells of Life. Officers Have Hope. "Lung" Invented by Briton. Has Reserve Device. Our Fleet Aids. Elisberg Hails Device.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Yasunari Kawabata (1899)
- Jacques Cousteau (1910)
- Richard Strauss (1864)
- Ben Jonson (1572)
- John Constable (1776)
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
34,694 days ago
(95 years, 19 days)