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On the date
Wednesday, May 1, 1935
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The Headlines
16,000 POLICE HERE ON GUARD TODAY FOR MAY 1 PARADES; Valentine Expects No Trouble -- Workers' Groups Predict Turn-Out of 185,000.
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
- Joseph Heller (1923)
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
33,273 days ago
(91 years, 58 days)