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Thursday, September 13, 1934
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The Headlines
DARK SECRET WINS BY FOUR LENGTHS; 4-5 Chance Gallops to Easy Victory in Mile and a Half Belmont Test. SOMEBODY NEXT AT FINISH Gains Place Over Lady Reigh -- Sickle Pear Shows Way to Mad Beth by Nose.
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
- Roald Dahl (1916)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874)
- Claudette Colbert (1903)
- Clara Schumann (1819)
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830)
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
33,503 days ago
(91 years, 288 days)