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Thursday, March 19, 1936
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The Headlines
PANICKY RESIDENTS DESERT JOHNSTOWN; 10,000 Flee to Hills on Rumor of Break in Huge Dam After the Flood Recedes. MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED Little Food Available and No Heat -- Six Persons Dead -- Looting Is Reported. PANICKY RESIDENTS DESERT JOHNSTOWN
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Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- David Livingstone (1813)
- Adolf Eichmann (1906)
- Philip Roth (1933)
- Albert Speer (1905)
- Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900)
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
32,950 days ago
(90 years, 100 days)