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Friday, August 25, 1933
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The Headlines
Wilkins Hurt onShip on Way to South Pole; Sail Block Gashes Cheek an Inch From Eye
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
On This Day
Nazi Germany and the Zionist Federation of Germany signed the Haavara Agreement. The agreement was a major factor in breaking the anti-Nazi boycott of 1933 and facilitated Jewish emigration from Germany and into British Mandate of Palestine.
Wikipedia →The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Sean Connery (1930)
- Ivan the Terrible (1530)
- Johann Gottfried Herder (1744)
- Erich Honecker (1912)
- Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911)
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
33,887 days ago
(92 years, 307 days)