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Monday, October 22, 1934
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The Headlines
BYRD PARTY FINDS BIG NEW PLATEAU; June's Group, Returning to Base, Reports Discovery of Extensive Territory. ELEVATION IS 2,160 FEET Field Operations Hampered by Blizzards and Soft Snow -Flight Planned to Eastward, BYRD PARTY FINDS BIG NEW PLATEAU
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
The must-have
Sorry! (Board Game)
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
33,464 days ago
(91 years, 249 days)