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Wednesday, January 31, 1934
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The Headlines
ALTITUDE MARK SET BY SOVIET BALLOON; Civil Aeronauts Rise 67,585 Feet, Exceeding Red Army's Record and Settle's.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
The must-have
Sorry! (Board Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Franz Schubert (1797)
- Norman Mailer (1923)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543)
- Alva Myrdal (1902)
- Rudolf Mössbauer (1929)
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
33,728 days ago
(92 years, 148 days)