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Wednesday, March 22, 1933
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The Headlines
CHRISTIAN LEADERS PROTEST ON HITLER; Smith, Davis, Manning Among 35 Voicing 'Profound Dismay' for Attacks on Jews. MORE MEETINGS PLANNED 20,000 Expected at Garden Monday -- Demand for Action by Washington Grows. CHRISTIAN LEADERS PROTEST ON HITLER
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
On This Day
Nazi Germany opens its first concentration camp, Dachau.
Wikipedia →Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Robert Millikan (1868)
- Wilhelm I (1797)
- Anthony van Dyck (1599)
- Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459)
- Ulugh Beg (1394)
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
34,043 days ago
(93 years, 98 days)