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Sunday, June 21, 1936
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The Headlines
GAMBLER LENT $300, GEOGHAN AIDE SAYS; Kleinman Explains Sum Which State Contends Was Paid as a Drukman Bribe. HIS BENEFACTOR JOBLESS Erstwhile Fur Worker Gave Money to Tide Him Over an Illness, Witness Asserts. GEOGHAN AIDE SAYS FRIEND LENT $300
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Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905)
- Françoise Sagan (1935)
- Pope Leo IX (1002)
- Machado de Assis (1839)
- Siméon Denis Poisson (1781)
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
32,856 days ago
(90 years, 6 days)