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Thursday, February 1, 1934
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The Headlines
SANKEY, KIDNAPPER, CAUGHT IN CHICAGO; Suspect in Lindbergh Case Is Seized by Federal Agents After National Search. HEADED MINNESOTA GANG Admits Boettcher and Bohn Abductions -- Planned Once to Kidnap Babe Ruth. SANKEY, KIDNAPPER, CAUGHT IN CHICAGO
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
- Boris Yeltsin (1931)
- Clark Gable (1901)
- John Ford (1894)
- Langston Hughes (1902)
- Emilio Segrè (1905)
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
33,727 days ago
(92 years, 147 days)