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Thursday, April 30, 1936
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The Headlines
COURT TO FIX VALUE OF SKILL IN BRIDGE; Trial Set for Two Teachers to Determine if Duplicate Is a Gambling Game. IT IS LIKENED TO PIN-BALL Magistrate Wants to Know the Difference -- Nine Held After Raid on Charity Fete. COURT TO FIX PART OF SKILL IN BRIDGE
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777)
- Jaroslav Hašek (1883)
- Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893)
- Mary II (1662)
- Claude Shannon (1916)
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
32,909 days ago
(90 years, 59 days)