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On the date
Thursday, November 5, 1931
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The Headlines
BERLIN PUTS CREDITS ABOVE REPARATIONS; Will Stress Priority of Private Obligations and Insist on Examination of Experts. PARIS DISPUTES POSITION But Agrees to Necessity of Full Review of German Financial Condition.
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
- Vivien Leigh (1913)
- Douglass North (1920)
- Fawzia of Egypt (1921)
- Ike Turner (1931)
- John Berger (1926)
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
34,547 days ago
(94 years, 237 days)