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Tuesday, February 6, 1934

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The Headlines

$68,000,000 LOANS FOR PWA PROJECTS WON BY LAGUARDIA; Mayor in Washington Gets Promise of $1,500,000 Now for Triborough Bridge. ICKES PRAISES NEW BOARD $20,000,000 for Housing Plan Ready -- $4,000,000 Granted for Disposal Plant. $68,000,000 LOANS WON BY LAGUARDIA

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Blue Moon

Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

The must-have

Sorry! (Board Game)

On This Day

  • Far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

clip jointgriftershamusgunsel

Swing Era

alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove

Catchphrases of 1934

  • It happened one night

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

33,722 days ago

(92 years, 142 days)