From the day
On the date
Sunday, January 12, 1936
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The Headlines
GOSSIP OF THE RIALTO; THE NEWS AND GOSSIP OF BROADWAY
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
Voice Recorder, Helicopter (Focke-Wulf) & Sunscreen.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
33,017 days ago
(90 years, 167 days)