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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

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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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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

clip jointgriftershamusgunsel

Swing Era

alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove

Catchphrases of 1934

  • It happened one night

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)