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Monday, March 19, 1934
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The Headlines
Mercury at 69 Lures Throngs Out of City; Sudden Cold, Wind and Rain Drive Them Back
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
- David Livingstone (1813)
- Adolf Eichmann (1906)
- Philip Roth (1933)
- Albert Speer (1905)
- Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900)
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
33,681 days ago
(92 years, 101 days)