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Tuesday, June 6, 1933
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The Headlines
INDUSTRY BILL REPORTED; Licensing Is Restored as Senate Gets Measure for Action Tomorrow. HAS HARRISON TAX PLAN Corporate Stock Levy, 5% on Dividends, and Gasoline Rise of 1/2 Cent Adopted. HOUSE SPIRIT UNYIELDING Veterans' Rise Held Sure to Pass -- President Advised to Appear at a Joint Session. HALT REBELLION IN THE SENATE
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
On This Day
The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander Pushkin (1799)
- Diego Velázquez (1599)
- Thomas Mann (1875)
- Sukarno (1901)
- Pierre Corneille (1606)
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
33,968 days ago
(93 years, 23 days)