From the day
On the date
Tuesday, May 12, 1936
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The Headlines
Statue of Liberty Blinks Her Salute to Airship
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828)
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
32,896 days ago
(90 years, 46 days)