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On the date
Friday, October 7, 1932
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The Headlines
BANKER IS HELD UP IN HIS 5TH AV. HOME; $35,000 GEMS TAKEN; Thugs Force Sava Kehaya and Three Women Into Bedroom at Point of Pistol. GET PAST DOORMAN BY RUSE After Looting Apartment They Go Down in Elevator and Walk Calmly Away. ALARM BRINGS MULROONEY Robbery at 88th St. Latest of Long Series in District -- Thieves Had Trailed Wife, Seen Her Jewels. BANKER IS HELD UP IN HIS 5TH AV HOME
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
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The Phantom President
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Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Niels Bohr (1885)
- Heinrich Himmler (1900)
- Desmond Tutu (1931)
- Henry A. Wallace (1888)
- R. D. Laing (1927)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Parking Meter, Zoom Lens & Folding Wheelchair.
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
34,209 days ago
(93 years, 264 days)