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Thursday, January 12, 1933
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The Headlines
CALIFORNIA GALE TAKES TWO LIVES; 11 Sailors Are Swept to Sea, but 8 Are Rescued Later -- Citrus Areas Hard Hit. WRECKS LITTER BEACHES Streets of Southern Coast Cities Strewn With Debris -- 200 Oil Derricks Leveled. CALIFORNIA GALE BLOWS 11 TO SEA
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Harold Arlen
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On This Day
Casas Viejas incident: 22 peasants killed by the Security and Assault Corps in Casas Viejas, Spain.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jack London (1876)
- Swami Vivekananda (1863)
- Edmund Burke (1729)
- Hermann Göring (1893)
- Charles Perrault (1628)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
FM Radio, Drive-In Theater & Polyethylene.
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
34,113 days ago
(93 years, 168 days)