On the date

Wednesday, August 15, 1934

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The Headlines

EXPORTING OF GOLD RESUMED BY U.S.; $1,000,000 Shipment Leaving Today for France Is First of Kind Since April, 1933.

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

33,532 days ago

(91 years, 317 days)