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On the date
Sunday, December 27, 1931
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The Headlines
TROOPS FIRE ON MOB, KILL 8 IN PESHAWAR; 500 "Red Shirts" Defy Police Clubs in Protesting Ban on Frontier Organization. GANDHI'S CHIEF AIDE SEIZED Nehru Arrested for "No-Rent" Activities--Moslems Attack Their Leader at New Delhi. Jawaharlal Nehru Arrested. TROOPS FIRE ON MOB, KILL 8 IN PESHAWAR Moslems Defy Their Leader. Moslem Unrest Growing. Envision a Moslem North West.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway
#1 at the box office
Ladies of the Big House
$348,300
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Pasteur (1822)
- Marlene Dietrich (1901)
- Johannes Kepler (1571)
- Ghalib (1797)
- Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595)
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
34,495 days ago
(94 years, 185 days)