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Thursday, May 28, 1936
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The Headlines
BARS RULE BY HOPKINS; Senate Measure Rejects the House Plan for the $1,425,000,000 Fund. $800,000,000 FOR ICKES Use of Tugwell Allotment Is Restricted to 'Loans and Relief to Farmers.' FOR PREVAILING PAY SCALE Veterans Getting Bonus Made Eligible for Relief -- Ban Put on Employing Aliens. GIVES WPA CONTROL TO THE PRESIDENT
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
On This Day
Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Ian Fleming (1908)
- Patrick White (1912)
- William Pitt the Younger (1759)
- Edvard Beneš (1884)
- Bülent Ecevit (1925)
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
32,880 days ago
(90 years, 30 days)