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Saturday, January 12, 1935
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The Headlines
MISS EARHART OFF ON PACIFIC FLIGHT; HEARD 3 HOURS OUT; Leaves Honolulu on 2,400-Mile Journey to Oakland Never Made Solo Before.
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Jack London (1876)
- Swami Vivekananda (1863)
- Edmund Burke (1729)
- Hermann Göring (1893)
- Charles Perrault (1628)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Kodachrome Film, Radar (Practical) & Monopoly Game.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
33,382 days ago
(91 years, 167 days)