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Monday, July 23, 1934
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The Headlines
BUS BRAKES WEAK, SURVIVORS ASSERT; ' We'll Take a Chance,' Driver Said -- Stopped Twice for Makeshift Repairs. MAN SAW WIFE PERISH Tried to Pull Her From Wreck, but Flames Drove Him Back, He Testifies at Inquest. BUS BREAKS WEAK, SURVIVORS ASSERT
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
- Haile Selassie (1892)
- Raymond Chandler (1888)
- Pope Clement XI (1649)
- Vera Rubin (1928)
- Gustav Heinemann (1899)
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
33,555 days ago
(91 years, 340 days)