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Sunday, September 20, 1931
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The Headlines
BY-PRODUCTS.; Eighty Years After. Irrepressible Conflicts. Diffident Savants. It Looks the Same.
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
- Upton Sinclair (1878)
- Chulalongkorn (1853)
- Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833)
- Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778)
- Ananda Mahidol (1925)
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
34,592 days ago
(94 years, 282 days)