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Thursday, August 9, 1934
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The Headlines
Foodstuffs at Wholesale Climb Rapidly in Chicago
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
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
- Tove Jansson (1914)
- William Alfred Fowler (1911)
- Mário Zagallo (1931)
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
33,538 days ago
(91 years, 323 days)