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Saturday, March 4, 1933
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The Headlines
Stocks and Commodities Soar On Eve of the Inauguration
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
On This Day
Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States.
Wikipedia →The United States Senate confirms Frances Perkins as United States Secretary of Labor and she is sworn in the same day, making her the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
Wikipedia →The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure – Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678)
- Miriam Makeba (1932)
- Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769)
- Prince Henry the Navigator (1394)
- George Gamow (1904)
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
Time Elapsed
34,062 days ago
(93 years, 117 days)