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Monday, July 24, 1933
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The Headlines
DONE IN,' SAYS MOLLISON; Flier Lays the Crash to Fatigue From Battle to Reach Goal. HEADWINDS ALL THE WAY' ' Worse Go Than One Would Have Thought Possible,' He Declares in Hospital. COULD NOT SEE, WIFE SAYS Gasoline So Low They Did Not Dare Go On -- Both Are Sad at Loss of Seafarer. MOLLISON BLAMES FATIGUE FOR CRASH
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Simón Bolívar (1783)
- Alexandre Dumas (1802)
- Amelia Earhart (1897)
- Henrik Pontoppidan (1857)
- Robert Graves (1895)
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
33,919 days ago
(92 years, 339 days)