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Saturday, June 2, 1934
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The Headlines
SOCIALISTS DEFEAT PLEA FOR VIOLENCE; But Resolution Is Beaten by Only 513 Majority in Total of 16,175 Votes. TURMOIL IN CONVENTION Radicals Win Control of the Important Committees at Detroit Gathering. SOCIALISTS DEFEAT PLEA FOR VIOLENCE
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
- Pope Pius X (1835)
- Thomas Hardy (1840)
- Marquis de Sade (1740)
- Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857)
- Pope Leo XI (1535)
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
33,607 days ago
(92 years, 27 days)