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Monday, October 16, 1933
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The Headlines
CUBA FEARS STRIFE AS SOLDIER IS SLAIN; Revenge Killing of Army Man Strains Relations of Groups in Havana Government. WELLES'S ACTS DEFENDED Washington Denies the Envoy Knew of Officers' Plans to Occupy National Hotel.
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
- Oscar Wilde (1854)
- Günter Grass (1927)
- David Ben-Gurion (1886)
- Eugene O'Neill (1888)
- Enver Hoxha (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
33,836 days ago
(92 years, 256 days)