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Wednesday, May 24, 1933
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The Headlines
NORTH CHINA TRUCE REPORTED REACHED; JAPANESE ADVANCE; Agreement Is Said to Bar Occupation of Peiping by Invading Forces. HEAVY FIGHTING OBSERVED Tokyo Foreign Office States Armistice Is Ready for Signing Tomorrow. FOREIGN ENVOYS CONFER American, British and French Ministers Meet as Japanese Set Up Patrolling Forces. NORTH CHINA TRUCE REPORTED REACHED
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
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Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Queen Victoria (1819)
- Mikhail Sholokhov (1905)
- Jean-Paul Marat (1743)
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686)
- William Gilbert (physicist) (1544)
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
33,980 days ago
(93 years, 35 days)