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On the date
Wednesday, January 25, 1933
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The Headlines
ROOSEVELT TO HEAR ALL NATIONS ALIKE; President-Elect Will Adhere to View Creditor Must Be Always Accessible. ROME WELCOMES PARLEY Links It to Recovery -- Thinks That It May Make Economic Conference Unnecessary.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Virginia Woolf (1882)
- Robert Burns (1759)
- Robert Boyle (1627)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874)
- Corazon Aquino (1933)
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
34,100 days ago
(93 years, 155 days)