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Friday, February 10, 1933
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The Headlines
2 HELD FOR THREAT TO COL. LINDBERGH; Letters Demanded $50,000 on Penalty of Kidnapping the Flier's Second Child. CAUGHT IN ROANOKE, VA. Pair, With Woman, Trapped by Bank Ruse in 2 Months' Work -- Case in Federal Hands. 2 HELD FOR THREAT TO COL. LINDBERGH
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Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
On This Day
In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf. Schaaf dies four days later.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Bertolt Brecht (1898)
- Boris Pasternak (1890)
- Harold Macmillan (1894)
- Walter Brattain (1902)
- Alexandre Millerand (1859)
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
34,084 days ago
(93 years, 139 days)