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Wednesday, July 5, 1933

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The Headlines

JULY 4 FESTIVITIES SUBDUED BY COLD; 1,100 INJURED HERE; Independence Day Is Observed in Nation and Abroad With Only 6 Fireworks Deaths. USUAL AUTO JAMS LACKING Patriotic Meetings Held at Tammany Hall, in Parks and Throughout Suburbs. 8 FORTS THUNDER SALUTE Holiday Accidents Kill 144 in the Nation -- Five Persons Drowned In Metropolitan Area. JULY 4 FESTIVITIES SUBDUED BY COLD

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Stormy Weather

Harold Arlen

The must-have

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

clip jointgriftershamusgunsel

Swing Era

alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove

Catchphrases of 1933

  • The only thing we have to fear is fear itself

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

33,939 days ago

(92 years, 359 days)