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Friday, December 21, 1934
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The Headlines
DISABLED SHIP WINS FIGHT WITH GALE; Collier, Helpless All Bay Off Fire Island, Repairs Rudder -- On Way to Port Here. CUTTER'S EFFORTS BALKED Rescue Boat's 5 and 12-Inch Hawsers Snap -- Peak of Widespread Storms Past. SHIP WINS FIGHT IN GALE OFF COAST
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
The must-have
Sorry! (Board Game)
On This Day
Lieutenant Kijé, one of Sergei Prokofiev's best-known works, premiered.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804)
- Heinrich Böll (1917)
- Kurt Waldheim (1918)
- Masaccio (1401)
- Leopold von Ranke (1795)
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
33,404 days ago
(91 years, 189 days)