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On the date
Wednesday, November 11, 1931
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The Headlines
5 KILLED, 10 INJURED IN A BROOKLYN FIRE; Mother and Baby Killed in Leap and Many Tenants Are Trapped in Williamsburg Tenement. LINCOLN ARCADE SWEPT Hundreds Flee as Second Blaze in Building in Year Imperils Children in Theatre. Incendiarism Is Suspected. Boy Dies of Injuries. 5 DEAD, 10 INJURED IN BROOKLYN FIRE HUNDREDS FLEE FROM FIRE. Marshal Starts Inquiry Into Blaze at Lincoln Square Arcade. Theatre Emptied Quietly. Smoke Darkens Neighborhood. Dancers Are Led to Safety. Higgins Pays Chauffeurs' Fines
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
- Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821)
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922)
- Paracelsus (1493)
- George S. Patton (1885)
- Carlos Fuentes (1928)
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
34,540 days ago
(94 years, 230 days)