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Saturday, July 8, 1933
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The Headlines
SENDS WORD TO THE TIMES; Flier in Message From Anadyrsk, Chukotka, Gives No Details. MISSING FOR THREE WEEKS Airman Left Khabarovsk, Si- beria, for Nome on World Flight June 14. RESCUE IS EXPECTED SOON Coast Guard Cutter Near -- Americans Seek Sanction to Go to Him by Plane.
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Stormy Weather
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Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
On This Day
The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jean de La Fontaine (1621)
- John D. Rockefeller (1839)
- Pyotr Kapitsa (1894)
- Igor Tamm (1895)
- Nelson Rockefeller (1908)
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
33,935 days ago
(92 years, 355 days)