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Friday, January 26, 1934
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The Headlines
SEABURY AND MOLEY PUT IN CHARTER BILL; Democrats Also Add Thomas After the Governor Settles Dunnigan-Steingut Row. SEE ALL OBJECTIONS MET Senate Leader Had Attacked Streit Measure as Partisan Before Lehman Stepped In. From a Staff Correspondent. SEABURY IS ADDED TO CHARTER BOARD
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
The must-have
Sorry! (Board Game)
On This Day
German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed.
Wikipedia →The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Douglas MacArthur (1880)
- Paul Newman (1925)
- Charles XIV John (1763)
- Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715)
- Polykarp Kusch (1911)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Cat's Eye Road Studs, Telex & Hammond Organ.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
33,733 days ago
(92 years, 153 days)