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Thursday, August 15, 1935
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The Headlines
BRITISH WILL CITE 1906 PACT TO ITALY; Feel Ban on Interference in Ethiopia Without Consent of Signatories Is Pertinent.
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
On This Day
Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Napoleon (1769)
- Walter Scott (1771)
- Louis de Broglie (1892)
- Sri Aurobindo (1872)
- Gerty Cori (1896)
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
33,167 days ago
(90 years, 317 days)