On the date

Thursday, October 4, 1934

From the day

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The Headlines

Death Dealing Light Rays Are Tested by French

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

33,483 days ago

(91 years, 268 days)