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Saturday, May 25, 1935
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The Headlines
BIGGER NAVY BILL PASSED BY SENATE; With $11,960,000 Added for New Ships, $460,000,000 Measure Is Voted, 55-18.
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
On This Day
Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803)
- Pieter Zeeman (1865)
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803)
- Igor Sikorsky (1889)
- Jack Steinberger (1921)
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
33,249 days ago
(91 years, 34 days)