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Thursday, August 31, 1933
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The Headlines
Lads After 31 Hours on 2-Foot Adirondack Niche Are Hauled Up, Little the Worse for Ordeal.; THREE BOYS SAVED ON PERILOUS LEDGE
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Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen
The must-have
Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
On This Day
The Integral Nationalist Group wins the 1933 Andorran parliamentary election, the first election in Andorra held with universal male suffrage.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Maria Montessori (1870)
- Théophile Gautier (1811)
- Commodus (161)
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821)
- Jahangir (1569)
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
33,881 days ago
(92 years, 301 days)