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Monday, December 3, 1934
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The Headlines
New Zoo Opens, Al Smith Gets Job As Honorary Night Superintendent; Central Park's 'Picture-Book' Menagerie Bestows Rare Degree -- Recipient Admits He Knows Tigers, but Is 'Not So Good With Elephants' -- Mayor Speaks and Hodson Sings a Song.
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
- Joseph Conrad (1857)
- Jean-Luc Godard (1930)
- France Prešeren (1800)
- Rajendra Prasad (1884)
- Charles VI of France (1368)
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
33,422 days ago
(91 years, 207 days)