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Thursday, June 11, 1936
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The Headlines
PLATFORM DRAFT IS READY; Readjusting Currency Would Be Timed to Nation's Good. COMPROMISE WITH BORAH 'Still Not Altogether Satisfactory,' He Says, but It Is Better Than First Draft. LANDON APPROVAL SOUGHT 2,400-Word Document Is Wired to Topeka and Work Awaits Governor's Judgment. PLATFORM PLEDGES STABILIZATION STEP
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
On This Day
Inventor Edwin Armstrong demonstrates FM broadcasting to an audience of engineers at the FCC in Washington, DC.
Wikipedia →The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Yasunari Kawabata (1899)
- Gene Wilder (1933)
- Jacques Cousteau (1910)
- Richard Strauss (1864)
- Ben Jonson (1572)
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
32,866 days ago
(90 years, 16 days)