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Saturday, May 12, 1934
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The Headlines
MAYOR FORCES OUT M'GOLDRICK AIDE; Move to Pacify Republicans Is Seen as J. H. O'Brien Is Asked to Resign. FUSION FACES GRAVE RIFT Resentment of Politicians on Lack of Patronage Puts the Fall Campaign in Peril. MAYOR FORCES OUT M'GOLDRICK AIDE
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
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Sorry! (Board Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828)
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
33,627 days ago
(92 years, 47 days)