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Saturday, March 11, 1933
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The Headlines
BUILDINGS TOTTER AS FIRES LIGHT SKY; Solid Walls Crumble Into Thronged Streets of Cities in Two California Counties. CHILDREN SEARCH RUINS Driven Into Open by Falling Structures, Crowds Are Swept in Turmoil. BUILDINGS TOTTER AS FIRES LIGHT SKY
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
- Harold Wilson (1916)
- Torquato Tasso (1544)
- Rupert Murdoch (1931)
- Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920)
- Urbain Le Verrier (1811)
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
34,054 days ago
(93 years, 109 days)