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Monday, February 19, 1934
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The Headlines
RFC MORTGAGE AID UP TO $100,000,000 WON FOR NEW YORK; Jones Approves 'in Principle' the Moreland Plan for Certificate Holders. FOR 'DISTRESS CASES' ONLY Program Backed by Lehman Supersedes Others Offered on Guaranteed Mortgages. RFC MORTGAGE AID WON FOR NEW YORK
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
- Nicolaus Copernicus (1473)
- Svante Arrhenius (1859)
- André Breton (1896)
- Élie Ducommun (1833)
- Shivaji (1630)
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
33,709 days ago
(92 years, 129 days)