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Sunday, August 4, 1935
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The Headlines
YANKEES VANQUISH SENATORS, 13 TO 2; Gomez, in Fine Form, Gives 6 Safeties as Mates Batter Way to Easy Victory.
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)
- William Rowan Hamilton (1805)
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
33,178 days ago
(90 years, 328 days)