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Saturday, June 20, 1936
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The Headlines
HOUSE PASSES NEW TAX BILL; SENATE VOTES IN AFTERNOON; PLAN TO ADJOURN TONIGHT; HOUSE VOTES 221 TO 98 Byrd Rallies a Senate Democratic Group in Battle for Time. MEET FAR INTO THE NIGHT Senate Reaches Agreement on Its Test Today Despite Filibusters on Three Sides. COAL BILL IS PUT IN LINE House Passes Government Contract, the Food and Drug and Strike-Breaker Bills. HOUSE ADOPTS THE NEW TAX BILL
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Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Jacques Offenbach (1819)
- Martin Landau (1928)
- Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928)
- Errol Flynn (1909)
- Sigismund III Vasa (1566)
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
32,857 days ago
(90 years, 7 days)