On the date

Sunday, July 8, 1934

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The Headlines

WISCONSIN STARTS EMPLOYMENT LAW; Voluntary Action Failing, State Makes Compulsory Plan Operative.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

The must-have

You Share a Birthday With

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

clip jointgriftershamusgunsel

Swing Era

alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove

Catchphrases of 1934

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

33,570 days ago

(91 years, 355 days)