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Sunday, July 16, 1933
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The Headlines
DISROBES ON PIER, DIVES TO SAVE DOG; Taxicab Driver Rescues 100-Pound Animal Caught in East River Piling. KEEPS HIS UNIFORM DRY Churning Waters Had Started Report of Man Drowning -- Police Arrive Too Late.
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Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Roald Amundsen (1872)
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907)
- Ginger Rogers (1911)
- Trygve Lie (1896)
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796)
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
33,927 days ago
(92 years, 347 days)